Geneva, IL: what USGS's seismic model says

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Geneva in Seismic Design 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 Geneva sits at the 45th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

How Geneva compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.07g, short-period spectral response 0.134g, 1-second spectral response 0.065g. Among 330 Illinois cities in this dataset, Geneva ranks 95 for seismic hazard, the 71th percentile within the state. About 21,168 people live in Geneva, Illinois.

What a retrofit costs in Geneva

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

Earthquake insurance for a Geneva 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 Geneva address.

More on how this number was built

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