Bradley County, AR Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Bradley County
That's Bradley County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. The physics-based figure alone would be 7 psf, but ASCE 7's own low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) sets a floor of 10 psf for flat and low-pitch roofs here, which is the number that actually governs.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 22 in. of fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 2 in. if it's turned to ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
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Bradley County in numbers
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#2,000 of 2,758
- Arkansas rank#57 of 75
- Population9,935
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal1.5 in.
- FIPS05011
Where Bradley County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Bradley County sits at #2,000, the top 73% nationally - #57 of 75 within Arkansas. That's 0.1 psf below Arkansas's own county-average design load of 10.1 psf.
Near 33.4665°N 92.1692°W, FIPS 05011: Bradley County counts 9,935 residents and a 10 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 10 psf.
How much it actually snows in Bradley County
Most winters bring Bradley County roughly 1.5 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at WARREN 2 WSW, AR US, 10.3 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Bradley County's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than Bradley County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)