FEMA Elevation Certificate

“Bil­lion dol­lar events are becom­ing reg­u­lar­ized and more expensive…..”

— Mar­garet David­son (Direc­tor of the Coastal Ser­vices Cen­ter of NOAA)
Ele­va­tion Certificate

Our creeks, rivers and bay are a rest­less land­scape in con­stant motion. As flood­ing becomes a more com­mon occur­rence, an increas­ing num­ber of prop­erty own­ers will rec­og­nize their need for flood insur­ance. Let us help by pro­vid­ing you and/or your client(s) with a pro­fes­sion­ally pre­pared FEMA Ele­va­tion Certificate.

Advanced Sur­veys, Inc. is a licensed and insured Pro­fes­sional Land Sur­vey­ing busi­ness that was estab­lished in 1975. Dur­ing our 33 years in busi­ness, we have com­pleted numer­ous Flood Ele­va­tion Cer­ti­fi­ca­tions through­out Mary­land and Virginia.

Our crews are equipped with the lat­est GPS sur­vey equip­ment and are field net­worked to our office so that we can pro­vide quick, effi­cient service.

All FEMA required reports and pho­tographs are pre­pared by our pro­fes­sion­ally trained field/office tech­ni­cians. Deliv­er­ables are nor­mally sent by email, fax and/or first class mail.

Con­tact us today for you FEMA Ele­va­tion Certificate.

Review a short Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cate Pre­sen­ta­tion (PDF file)
Gen­eral FEMA Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cate Information

An Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cate com­pares a property’s ele­va­tion data to the Base Flood ele­va­tion data. A licensed Sur­veyor or Engi­neer makes actual field mea­sure­ments using sur­vey instru­ments and tech­niques to obtain the property’s ele­va­tion data and then trans­fers that data to the Cer­tifi­cate which is an offi­cial form of the National Flood Insur­ance Pro­gram. It would be our plea­sure to give you a free esti­mate and answer any ques­tions you may have­Flood­ing Sign. Don’t wait, con­tact us today!

All of us saw the cat­a­strophic results of hur­ri­cane Kat­rina in 2005. FEMA (Fed­eral Emer­gency Man­age­ment Agency) says; “Floods are one of the most com­mon haz­ards in the United States.” Any­one who owns a home in or near an area prone to flood­ing should ask the ques­tion “Is my home at risk for flood­ing?” Most home­own­ers want the piece of mind that comes from the cer­tainty of know­ing they are appro­pri­ately insured. At the same time, no one wants their insur­ance com­pany to err on the side of cau­tion and charge a large pre­mium for flood insur­ance when they do not need it. Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cates are used to rate your buildings.

The FEMA Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cate is an impor­tant admin­is­tra­tive tool of the National Flood Insur­ance Pro­gram (NFIP). It is to be used to pro­vide infor­ma­tion nec­es­sary to ensure com­pli­ance with com­mu­nity flood­plain man­age­ment ord­nances, to deter­mine the proper insur­ance pre­mium rate, and to sup­port a request for a Let­ter of Map Amend­ment (LOMA) or Let­ter of Map Revi­sion based on Fill (LOMR-F).

Advanced Sur­veys, Inc. uses the lat­est sur­vey equip­ment and soft­ware to do an actual field sur­vey to deter­mine your build­ing ele­va­tions. The cer­tifi­cate is com­pleted under the super­vi­sion of a Reg­is­tered Pro­fes­sional who cer­ti­fies the Ele­va­tion Cer­tifi­cate. Don’t wait, con­tact us today!