Aransas County, TX Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Aransas County, TX roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Aransas County is designed to carry 0 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22.
On a roof that means 0 in. of fresh snow, 0 in. once it packs down, or 0 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. Snow load is not a factor in roof design here at all; the ground snow load figure maps to zero.
Aransas County, TX: quick facts
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,656 of 2,758
- Texas rank#228 of 254
- Population25,595
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS48007
Where Aransas County ranks
#228 of 254 Texas counties by design load, top 96% of 2,758 nationally - that's Aransas County's spot. 5.4 psf is Texas's typical county figure - Aransas County comes in 5.4 psf under it.
FIPS 48007, population 25,595, centered near 28.1226°N 96.9675°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 0 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 0 psf design figure above.
Aransas County: average annual snowfall
Aransas County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the PORT ARANSAS, TX US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Aransas County's figure
The figure above assumes the case ASCE 7-22 treats as typical: a heated, ordinary-occupancy home on a partially exposed site. Change any of those - exposure, heating, roof pitch, occupancy category - and the real design number moves.
A building permit needs the number at your exact address, not the county average - the free ASCE 7 Hazard Tool returns that from your coordinates in about a minute and produces a PDF a plan reviewer will accept. Details: the calculation guide.