Wesley Hills, NY: what USGS's seismic model says

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Wesley Hills in Seismic Design Category B: Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Nationally, Wesley Hills ranks above 64% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 64th percentile.

How Wesley Hills compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.178g, short-period spectral response 0.289g, 1-second spectral response 0.061g. Among 170 New York cities in this dataset, Wesley Hills ranks 35 for seismic hazard, the 80th percentile within the state. About 6,310 people live in Wesley Hills, New York.

Retrofit economics for Wesley Hills

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

Earthquake insurance for a Wesley Hills 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 Wesley Hills address.

More on how this number was built

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