Starkville, MS: what USGS's seismic model says

Starkville carries Seismic Design Category C under USGS's ASCE 7-16 model. Moderate seismic hazard. Code adds irregular-building restrictions and requires bracing of some nonstructural components (e.g. tall shelving, water heaters) in addition to structural detailing. Nationally, Starkville ranks above 71% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 71th percentile.

Where Starkville sits in Mississippi

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.109g, short-period spectral response 0.222g, 1-second spectral response 0.114g. Among 61 Mississippi cities in this dataset, Starkville ranks 24 for seismic hazard, the 62th percentile within the state. About 25,844 people live in Starkville, Mississippi.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

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

Earthquake insurance for a Starkville 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 Starkville address.

More on how this number was built

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