Edgewood, NM: what USGS's seismic model says

Edgewood carries Seismic Design Category C under USGS's ASCE 7-16 model. Moderate seismic hazard. Code adds irregular-building restrictions and requires bracing of some nonstructural components (e.g. tall shelving, water heaters) in addition to structural detailing. That puts Edgewood in the 75th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 75% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Where Edgewood sits in New Mexico

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.154g, short-period spectral response 0.349g, 1-second spectral response 0.115g. Among 35 New Mexico cities in this dataset, Edgewood ranks 12 for seismic hazard, the 68th percentile within the state. About 6,170 people live in Edgewood, New Mexico.

Retrofit economics for Edgewood

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for New Mexico. 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 Edgewood address.

More on how this number was built

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