Fort Stockton, TX: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Fort Stockton is Category B. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. That puts Fort Stockton in the 42th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 42% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

How Fort Stockton compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.066g, short-period spectral response 0.135g, 1-second spectral response 0.045g. Among 384 Texas cities in this dataset, Fort Stockton ranks 29 for seismic hazard, the 93th percentile within the state. About 8,147 people live in Fort Stockton, Texas.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

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.

Earthquake insurance for a Fort Stockton 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 Fort Stockton address.

More on how this number was built

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