West Plains, MO: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, West Plains is Category D. High seismic hazard - this is the category most of coastal California, the Pacific Northwest, and other active fault regions fall into. Code mandates significant seismic detailing and restricts irregular structural configurations. This is the category the Brace + Bolt scope (cripple-wall bracing, foundation bolting) is built for. Nationally, West Plains ranks above 82% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 82th percentile.

West Plains by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.214g, short-period spectral response 0.408g, 1-second spectral response 0.173g. Among 135 Missouri cities in this dataset, West Plains ranks 47 for seismic hazard, the 66th percentile within the state. About 12,704 people live in West Plains, Missouri.

What a retrofit costs in West Plains

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

Earthquake insurance for a West Plains 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 West Plains address.

More on how this number was built

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