

In order to obtain an elevation certificate, you will need to hire a licensed land surveyor.

It is used to enforce local building ordinances and to help determine flood insurance rates. What Is an Elevation Certificate? An elevation certificate is a document that lists a building's location, lowest point of elevation, flood zone and other characteristics, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the building department, we have the Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Rockingham County from FEMA effective that you can also review. You can enter your property address and click on the layers - that depict the 100 Year Flood Zone and 500 Year Flood Zone. Unfortunately, our office cannot issue any letter indicating if a property is located in a flood zone or not as none of our staff members are land surveyors. Are you looking for the official FEMA floodplain map in your area Has a lender told you flood insurance is.


To start, visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Map Service Center, a tool that displays information such as flood zones, floodways, and your home’s risk level. Mr Witherdin said he would be encouraging people to seriously consider selling up and moving to higher ground. Check FEMA’s flood map to find out if your house is in a flood zone. "So there will be a process in place where independent valuers will come in, arrive at a value, and then there would be a negotiation process." Residents encouraged to sell up "The intent is … to try and return people to the position they were in before that event happened, not in that deteriorated state post-flood," he said. Mr Witherdin said the finer details of the scheme were still being negotiated but it would be based on pre-flood property values. "There's a pressing need there for a program around voluntary purchase for those high-risk properties." "People are in limbo, you know, 'do I build back?'" he said. Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation head David Witherdin said people should know what their options were.
