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Bartow County, GA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

Bartow County, GA: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
5 psf

Bartow County's roofs are built to hold 5 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. 3.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Bartow County's 5 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 11 inches of fresh, light snow, 4 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 1 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. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.

Bartow County at a glance

Bartow County by the numbers

Nationally that's #2,135 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 77%; within Georgia alone, Bartow County ranks #40 of 159. That's 1.4 psf above Georgia's own county-average design load of 3.6 psf.

Bartow County, FIPS 13015, is home to 117,508 people near 34.2409°N 84.8382°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Bartow County's snowfall, most winters

0 in. a year: that's Bartow County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at CARTERSVILLE #2, GA US (4.7 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Bartow County's number

Treat the Bartow 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. (How this figure is calculated.)