Corinth's Seismic Design Category, explained

Corinth 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. Nationally, Corinth ranks above 35% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 35th percentile.

Where Corinth sits in Texas

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.057g, short-period spectral response 0.116g, 1-second spectral response 0.057g. Among 384 Texas cities in this dataset, Corinth ranks 48 for seismic hazard, the 88th percentile within the state. About 24,450 people live in Corinth, Texas.

What a retrofit costs in Corinth

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

What this means for insurance

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 Corinth address.

More on how this number was built

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