Gloversville's Seismic Design Category, explained

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Gloversville 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 Gloversville sits at the 60th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Gloversville by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.122g, short-period spectral response 0.219g, 1-second spectral response 0.064g. Among 170 New York cities in this dataset, Gloversville ranks 88 for seismic hazard, the 49th percentile within the state. About 14,894 people live in Gloversville, New York.

What a retrofit costs in Gloversville

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 Gloversville 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 Gloversville address.

More on how this number was built

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