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Ashley County, AR Roof Snow Load - 10 psf

Ashley County, AR: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
10 psf

Ashley County's roofs are built to hold 10 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 10 psf - higher than the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 22 inches of fresh, light snow, 8 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 2 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

Ashley County at a glance

Ashley County by the numbers

Nationally that's #1,924 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 70%; within Arkansas alone, Ashley County ranks #38 of 75. That's 0.1 psf below Arkansas's own county-average design load of 10.1 psf.

Ashley County, FIPS 05003, is home to 17,984 people near 33.1908°N 91.7723°W. Its 10 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 10 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Ashley County's snowfall, most winters

0.3 in. a year: that's Ashley County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at CROSSETT 2 SSE, AR US (11.6 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Ashley County's number

Treat the Ashley County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.

For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. See the methodology guide.