Bleckley County, GA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
Bleckley County, GA roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Bleckley County is designed to carry 5 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22. 3.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Bleckley 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.
On a roof that means 11 in. of fresh snow, 4 in. once it packs down, or 1 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
Bleckley County at a glance
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,357 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#77 of 159
- Population12,626
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS13023
Where Bleckley County ranks
#77 of 159 Georgia counties by design load, top 85% of 2,758 nationally - that's Bleckley County's spot. Georgia counties average 3.6 psf; Bleckley County runs 1.4 psf higher than that.
FIPS 13023, population 12,626, centered near 32.4354°N 83.3317°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 5 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 5 psf design figure above.
Bleckley County: average annual snowfall
Bleckley County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the HAWKINSVILLE, GA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Bleckley 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.