Fairlawn, OH: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Fairlawn is Category B. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. That puts Fairlawn in the 41th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 41% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Fairlawn by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.065g, short-period spectral response 0.125g, 1-second spectral response 0.049g. Among 254 Ohio cities in this dataset, Fairlawn ranks 179 for seismic hazard, the 30th percentile within the state. About 7,773 people live in Fairlawn, Ohio.

What a retrofit costs in Fairlawn

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

Earthquake insurance for a Fairlawn 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 Fairlawn address.

More on how this number was built

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