Miamisburg, OH: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Miamisburg 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 Miamisburg sits at the 46th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Miamisburg by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.071g, short-period spectral response 0.139g, 1-second spectral response 0.071g. Among 254 Ohio cities in this dataset, Miamisburg ranks 99 for seismic hazard, the 61th percentile within the state. About 20,253 people live in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Retrofit economics for Miamisburg

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

Insuring against this, not just retrofitting

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 Miamisburg address.

More on how this number was built

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