Wickliffe, OH: what USGS's seismic model says

Wickliffe 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, Wickliffe ranks above 52% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 52th percentile.

Wickliffe by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.085g, short-period spectral response 0.155g, 1-second spectral response 0.049g. Among 254 Ohio cities in this dataset, Wickliffe ranks 26 for seismic hazard, the 90th percentile within the state. About 12,659 people live in Wickliffe, Ohio.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for Ohio. 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 Wickliffe address.

More on how this number was built

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