Does Fredonia, NY need an earthquake retrofit?

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Fredonia is Category A. Lowest seismic design category. Building code requires no seismic-specific detailing here beyond ordinary construction practice. Nationally, Fredonia ranks above 15% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 15th percentile.

Where Fredonia sits in New York

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.059g, short-period spectral response 0.115g, 1-second spectral response 0.039g. Among 170 New York cities in this dataset, Fredonia ranks 168 for seismic hazard, the 1th percentile within the state. About 9,295 people live in Fredonia, New York.

What a retrofit costs in Fredonia

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

Earthquake insurance for a Fredonia 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 Fredonia address.

More on how this number was built

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