Fort Scott, KS: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Fort Scott 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 Fort Scott sits at the 29th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Fort Scott by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.049g, short-period spectral response 0.105g, 1-second spectral response 0.071g. Among 63 Kansas cities in this dataset, Fort Scott ranks 6 for seismic hazard, the 92th percentile within the state. About 7,563 people live in Fort Scott, Kansas.

What a retrofit costs in Fort Scott

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for Kansas. 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 Fort Scott address.

More on how this number was built

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