Perryton's Seismic Design Category, explained

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Perryton in Seismic Design Category B: Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Nationally, Perryton ranks above 39% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 39th percentile.

Where Perryton sits in Texas

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.063g, short-period spectral response 0.125g, 1-second spectral response 0.046g. Among 384 Texas cities in this dataset, Perryton ranks 33 for seismic hazard, the 92th percentile within the state. About 8,219 people live in Perryton, Texas.

What a retrofit costs in Perryton

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

What this means for insurance

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 Perryton address.

More on how this number was built

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