Professional Land Surveyors for
Southern Minnesota and
Surveying in the
FLOOD PLAIN ELEVATION SURVEY
PRAIRIE LAND SURVEYING is often called upon to measure the
elevation of a building and report on an Elevation Certificate how far above or
below the base flood elevation it is. The Flood Elevation Certificate reports
the relative vertical distance above or below a base flood elevation from a
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The FIRM's were produced by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of our federal government for use in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The FIRMs were designed to help
determine whether a property and building were in a special flood hazard area.
The Elevation Certificate is an important
administrative tool of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is to be
used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with
community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance
premium rate, and to support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment or
Revision (LOMA or LOMR-F).
Use of this certificate does not provide
a waiver of the flood insurance purchase requirement. Only a LOMA or LOMR-F
from the FEMA can amend the FIRM and remove the Federal mandate for a lending
institution to require the purchase of flood insurance. However, the lending
institution has the option of requiring flood insurance even if a LOMA/LOMR-F
has been issued by FEMA. The Elevation Certificate may be used to support a
LOMA or LOMR-F request. Lowest floor and lowest adjacent grade elevations
certified by a surveyor will be required if the certificate is used to support
a LOMA or LOMR-F request. This certificate is used only to certify building
elevations.
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