Kokomo, IN: what USGS's seismic model says

Kokomo carries Seismic Design Category B under USGS's ASCE 7-16 model. 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 Kokomo sits at the 41th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Kokomo by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.065g, short-period spectral response 0.135g, 1-second spectral response 0.075g. Among 126 Indiana cities in this dataset, Kokomo ranks 84 for seismic hazard, the 34th percentile within the state. About 60,093 people live in Kokomo, Indiana.

What a retrofit costs in Kokomo

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

Earthquake insurance for a Kokomo 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 Kokomo address.

More on how this number was built

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