Ben Hill County, GA Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Ben Hill County, GA roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Ben Hill 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.
Ben Hill County in numbers
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,686 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#131 of 159
- Population16,945
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS13017
Where Ben Hill County ranks
#131 of 159 Georgia counties by design load, top 97% of 2,758 nationally - that's Ben Hill County's spot. Georgia counties average 3.6 psf; Ben Hill County runs 3.6 psf lower than that.
FIPS 13017, population 16,945, centered near 31.7306°N 83.163°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.
Ben Hill County: average annual snowfall
Ben Hill County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the FITZGERALD, GA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Ben Hill 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.