Forest Park, OH: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Forest Park is Category B. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Rank it against the rest of the country and Forest Park sits at the 46th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Where Forest Park sits in Ohio

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.071g, short-period spectral response 0.143g, 1-second spectral response 0.075g. Among 254 Ohio cities in this dataset, Forest Park ranks 100 for seismic hazard, the 61th percentile within the state. About 20,033 people live in Forest Park, Ohio.

Retrofit economics for Forest Park

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.

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 Forest Park address.

More on how this number was built

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