Bulloch County, GA Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Bulloch County, GA roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Bulloch 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.
Bulloch County in numbers
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,585 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#102 of 159
- Population85,454
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS13031
Where Bulloch County ranks
#102 of 159 Georgia counties by design load, top 94% of 2,758 nationally - that's Bulloch County's spot. 3.6 psf is Georgia's typical county figure - Bulloch County comes in 3.6 psf under it.
FIPS 13031, population 85,454, centered near 32.3945°N 81.7414°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.
Bulloch County: average annual snowfall
Bulloch County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the SPRINGFIELD, GA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. Worth noting: the nearest station reporting snowfall normals sits 25.2 mi from Bulloch County's center, so treat this as a regional figure rather than an exact one. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Bulloch 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.