Elevation Certificate: FEMA's Official Form Number, Explained

When an official record, lender, or local floodplain office asks for an “Elevation Certificate,” it is referring to one specific federal form: FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-152 (formerly 086-0-33), Elevation Certificate (Federal Register notice, FR-2026-06-01, pp. 32408-32409). The current form number itself carries the form’s history: the parenthetical “(formerly 086-0-33)” is FEMA’s own disclosure that this is a renumbered version of an earlier form, so a reader holding a copy labeled 086-0-33 has an older edition, not the current one.

This original record-reading guide is a general reading aid, not cited evidence. It does not depict a source record; the article text and source links provide the facts.

Key points

• The current, official form number is FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-152 (formerly 086-0-33), Elevation Certificate — the “(formerly …)” text is FEMA’s built-in way of flagging the prior number (govinfo.gov).
• A related but separate form, FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-153 (formerly 086-0-34), Floodproofing Certificate, is collected under the same information-collection package and should not be confused with the Elevation Certificate (govinfo.gov).
• Both forms sit under one Office of Management and Budget control number, OMB Number: 1660-0008 (govinfo.gov), which is the identifier a reader can use to independently trace the form’s approval history on OMB’s own site.
• The public OMB history for control number 1660-0008 records reference number “202209-1660-001”, an action typed as “Revision of a currently approved collection”, dates of “09/13/2022” and “06/26/2023”, and a result of “Approved without change” (reginfo.gov).
• As of the June 1, 2026 Federal Register notice, FEMA classified the current cycle as an “Extension of a currently approved information collection” and set a comment deadline of “July 31, 2026” under docket “FEMA-2026-0166; OMB No. 1660-0008” (govinfo.gov).

Current Form Number and History

FEMA’s June 1, 2026 notice in the Federal Register identifies the Elevation Certificate by its full current designation: “FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-152 (formerly 086-0-33), Elevation Certificate” (govinfo.gov). The naming pattern is the reader’s own verification tool: the “FF-206-FY-22-” prefix identifies this form’s current designation, and the parenthetical “(formerly 086-0-33)” tells the reader exactly which older form number this one replaced. A reader comparing a document in hand against this quoted text can determine whether they are looking at the current edition (labeled FF-206-FY-22-152) or a superseded one (labeled 086-0-33) without needing to interpret anything beyond the form’s printed number.

Companion Form Under Same Collection

The same notice, in the same listing, also renumbers a related form: “FEMA Form FF-206-FY-22-153 (formerly 086-0-34), Floodproofing Certificate” (govinfo.gov). This is a distinct document from the Elevation Certificate, though FEMA administers both under the same information-collection request. The two forms follow the same renumbering pattern, so the same “formerly ___” disclosure method applies to each.

OMB Control Number and Approval History

Both forms are approved under “OMB Number: 1660-0008” (govinfo.gov), and that control number is a reader’s entry point into an independent, publicly searchable record. Looking up 1660-0008 on OMB’s own history page turns up an entry identified as “202209-1660-001,” typed as “Revision of a currently approved collection,” carrying the dates “09/13/2022” and “06/26/2023,” with a recorded result of “Approved without change” (reginfo.gov). A reader does not need to take FEMA’s Federal Register notice on faith — the same control number can be checked directly against OMB’s own history for that number.

Renewal Cycle in the Federal Register

The notice publishing this form information is itself part of a specific, dated administrative action. FEMA describes the “Type of Information Collection” for this cycle as an “Extension of a currently approved information collection” (govinfo.gov), and sets a public comment window: “Comments must be submitted on or before July 31, 2026” (govinfo.gov). The notice is tracked under docket “FEMA-2026-0166; OMB No. 1660-0008” (govinfo.gov) and appears on pages “[Pages 32408-32409]” of the June 1, 2026 Federal Register (govinfo.gov).

Questions Not Addressed Here

This article identifies the current official form number for the Elevation Certificate, shows how that number discloses its own prior superseded number, and points to where its OMB approval history can be independently checked. It does not describe what information the Elevation Certificate or Floodproofing Certificate ask a surveyor to record, and it makes no claim about the accuracy of any elevation a surveyor enters on either form. The blank form itself is hosted on fema.gov, a page this research could not retrieve, so this article does not describe the form’s layout or fields — that is a gap in what could be fetched, not a confirmed absence of content. Finally, nothing here addresses whether any specific building’s elevation is accurate, whether any property sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area, whether flood insurance is required for it, or what such a policy would cost. Those are separate questions that this record does not settle.

Source links

• Federal Register: Elevation Certificate Information Collection Notice
• OMB Control Number 1660-0008 Approval History