After having a foundation that was suitable for a small home in a normal area and scaling off the county maps to set the home off of the 100 and 500 year planes. The county required me to supply them with a base flood elevation. The first lesson learned, don't trust municipality literature...
We find ourselves in a very similiar situation. This is why I am going through this site.
I had to spend $800 for a surveyor to establish the BFE off a known benchmark 2 miles away.
I am under the assumption that a higher foundation is more cost effective than bringing in fill. Although I do not...
