Lemoore's Seismic Design Category, explained

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Lemoore in Seismic Design Category D: High seismic hazard - this is the category most of coastal California, the Pacific Northwest, and other active fault regions fall into. Code mandates significant seismic detailing and restricts irregular structural configurations. This is the category the Brace + Bolt scope (cripple-wall bracing, foundation bolting) is built for. Nationally, Lemoore ranks above 87% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 87th percentile.

How Lemoore compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.377g, short-period spectral response 0.876g, 1-second spectral response 0.306g. Among 429 California cities in this dataset, Lemoore ranks 349 for seismic hazard, the 19th percentile within the state. About 27,057 people live in Lemoore, California.

Retrofit economics for Lemoore

Because Lemoore is in California, the EBB grant applies if the ZIP code participates and the house qualifies (wood-framed house on a raised (not slab-on-grade) foundation, built before 1980): a $3,000-$7,000 bracing-and-bolting job drops to $0-$4,000 after the $3,000 base grant, or effectively free for income-eligible households getting the full $10,000.

Earthquake insurance for a Lemoore home

Earthquake coverage in California mostly runs through the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), sold only through licensed agents at CEA-participating insurers - there is no direct-to-consumer CEA policy. A general home-insurance quote is the practical starting point for a Lemoore homeowner asking about it.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide covers exactly how USGS's public design-maps API produced Lemoore's numbers. The retrofit cost and grant guide covers every EBB eligibility rule, including the ones this page can't check.