Skiatook, OK: what USGS's seismic model says

Skiatook 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 Skiatook sits at the 35th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Where Skiatook sits in Oklahoma

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.058g, short-period spectral response 0.122g, 1-second spectral response 0.071g. Among 75 Oklahoma cities in this dataset, Skiatook ranks 70 for seismic hazard, the 7th percentile within the state. About 8,879 people live in Skiatook, Oklahoma.

Retrofit economics for Skiatook

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

Earthquake insurance for a Skiatook 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 Skiatook address.

More on how this number was built

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