Elevation Certificates in Roseville, CA

Contour Survey prepares FEMA elevation certificates in Roseville, Placer County, on the current FEMA form the City requires for new and substantially improved buildings.

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Elevation Certificates in Roseville: Local Conditions

Roseville runs an unusually active floodplain program. The City calls itself a FEMA Class I community for flood preparedness, the top rating in the Community Rating System. Because of that CRS participation, all new and substantially improved buildings in the city must use the current FEMA elevation certificate form, and ECs prepared on or after July 7, 2023 must be on the updated form. The City keeps on file every EC its staff has reviewed. Most of the flood risk comes from the Dry Creek watershed. The Placer County Flood Insurance Study maps Cirby Creek, Linda Creek, Kaseberg Creek, Coyote Creek and the Pleasant Grove drainages inside the city. The October 1962 flood was the largest ever recorded at the Dry Creek gaging station in Roseville.

Roseville recognizes three kinds of floodplain, and a property can be in any or all of them. The first is FEMA's flood hazard area on the FIRM, which controls insurance. The second is the City's Regulatory Floodplain, defined in the General Plan Safety Element, which covers more ground than the FIRM and governs development. The third is the zoned Floodway and Floodway Fringe, found mostly in older parts of the city. A lot can sit outside the FEMA zone and still be inside the Regulatory Floodplain. The maps are changing too. The current maps date from 2018, FEMA released preliminary maps with a 90-day appeal period from January 18 to April 18, 2025, and the City sent letters in 2024 only to owners whose properties were affected.

For a Roseville EC we tie a benchmark on NAVD88, the datum of the Placer County FIRM, then measure lowest adjacent grade, the lowest floor, crawlspace and garage elevations, and HVAC and other machinery. We photograph the building and certify on the FEMA form so City review goes smoothly. If the survey shows the ground at the structure at or above the base flood elevation, we can prepare a letter of map amendment and file it through eLOMA when it qualifies. Keep in mind that a LOMA changes the FEMA designation, not the City's Regulatory Floodplain. See our elevation certificate service, neighboring Lincoln and Citrus Heights, or our Roseville area page.

Full service details, process, and deliverables: FEMA Elevation Certificates & LOMA · All surveying in Roseville: Roseville land surveying

What's Included

Signed and sealed by a California Professional Land Surveyor
Completed on FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-152, with the required photographs
Elevations tied to a published benchmark on the flood map’s vertical datum
eLOMA submission as a licensed professional when the building qualifies
Construction-stage ECs for permits: construction drawings, building under construction, and finished construction
Sacramento region, Central Valley, Delta, and Bay Area

Our Process

Address & Flood Map Check

Send the address and the reason you need the certificate: lender letter, insurance quote, building permit, or a LOMA. We pull the effective FIRM panel, flood zone, and Base Flood Elevation before quoting, and tell you up front if a LOMA looks possible.

Benchmark Tie

We tie the site to a published benchmark on the vertical datum the flood map uses, with GNSS and a total station. Every elevation on the certificate is measured from that tie, not estimated from a contour map.

Building Measurement

We measure the top of the bottom floor, the next higher floor, the garage slab, the lowest and highest adjacent grade, the lowest machinery and equipment, and the flood openings, and take the photographs the form requires.

Signed EC, and the LOMA if It Qualifies

You receive the completed, signed Elevation Certificate as a PDF. If the lowest adjacent grade is at or above the Base Flood Elevation, we prepare the LOMA request and submit it to FEMA, through eLOMA when the building meets its criteria.

Elevation Certificates in Roseville: FAQ

Roseville participates in FEMA's Community Rating System, which requires the community to collect and keep current elevation certificates. The City requires the current FEMA EC form for all new and substantially improved buildings, and ECs prepared on or after July 7, 2023 must use the updated form. We certify on the current form.

Roseville's Regulatory Floodplain, defined in the General Plan Safety Element, is larger than FEMA's mapped area and controls what you can build. Flood insurance follows the FEMA FIRM, but permits follow the City's floodplain. An elevation survey gives you the building and grade elevations both reviews need.

Yes. Roseville keeps elevation certificates on file for buildings where City staff reviewed the document, and you can request a copy from Public Works floodplain management. The City also answers written flood hazard information requests for a property.

Need Elevation Certificates in Roseville?

Elevation certificates start at $1,000. Call (510) 543-2220 with the Roseville address and we'll check the flood map and give you a fixed price.

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