Clementon, NJ: what USGS's seismic model says

Clementon carries Seismic Design Category B under USGS's ASCE 7-16 model. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. That puts Clementon in the 54th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 54% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Clementon by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.093g, short-period spectral response 0.169g, 1-second spectral response 0.046g. Among 194 New Jersey cities in this dataset, Clementon ranks 173 for seismic hazard, the 11th percentile within the state. About 5,600 people live in Clementon, New Jersey.

Retrofit economics for Clementon

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

Insuring against this, not just retrofitting

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 Clementon address.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide covers exactly how USGS's public design-maps API produced Clementon'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.