Cameron's Seismic Design Category, explained

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Cameron in Seismic Design Category B: Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. That puts Cameron in the 21th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 21% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Where Cameron sits in Missouri

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.041g, short-period spectral response 0.087g, 1-second spectral response 0.067g. Among 135 Missouri cities in this dataset, Cameron ranks 132 for seismic hazard, the 2th percentile within the state. About 7,352 people live in Cameron, Missouri.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for Missouri. A typical retrofit still runs $5,000-$10,000 nationally, about $7,000 for a common single-family job.

Earthquake insurance for a Cameron home

Outside California, earthquake coverage is typically sold as an endorsement added to a standard homeowners policy, not a separate product - worth asking about directly when getting a home-insurance quote for a Cameron address.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide covers exactly how USGS's public design-maps API produced Cameron's numbers. The guide to what a Seismic Design Category actually means covers why a category is never a substitute for an engineer's assessment of one specific house.