Berrien County, MI Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Berrien County, MI: no map figure, on purpose
ASCE 7's own snow load map has no single figure for Berrien County: the terrain is complex enough that the code (§7.2) requires an elevation-specific study rather than a county-wide value. That is the map being accurate, not a data gap.
FIPS 26021, population 152,703. 386 US counties get this same case-study treatment; Berrien County is one of them.
Berrien County at a glance
- Population152,703
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal65.2 in.
- FIPS26021
Berrien County: average annual snowfall
Berrien County sees about 65.2 in. of snow most winters, per the LAPORTE, IN US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Berrien 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. See the methodology guide.