Venus, TX: what USGS's seismic model says

Venus 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. Nationally, Venus ranks above 20% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 20th percentile.

Where Venus sits in Texas

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.038g, short-period spectral response 0.081g, 1-second spectral response 0.049g. Among 384 Texas cities in this dataset, Venus ranks 178 for seismic hazard, the 54th percentile within the state. About 8,209 people live in Venus, Texas.

Retrofit economics for Venus

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 Venus address.

More on how this number was built

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