Thomaston, GA: what USGS's seismic model says

Thomaston 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. That puts Thomaston in the 42th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 42% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Thomaston by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.067g, short-period spectral response 0.14g, 1-second spectral response 0.074g. Among 148 Georgia cities in this dataset, Thomaston ranks 128 for seismic hazard, the 14th percentile within the state. About 9,850 people live in Thomaston, Georgia.

What a retrofit costs in Thomaston

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

Earthquake insurance for a Thomaston 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 Thomaston address.

More on how this number was built

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