Burke County, GA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
Burke County, GA roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Burke County is designed to carry 5 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22. §7.3.4's low-slope minimum of 5 psf is what actually governs on a flat or low-pitch roof here - higher than the 3.5 psf the base ground-load formula gives.
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. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.
Burke County at a glance
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,260 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#63 of 159
- Population24,472
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS13033
Where Burke County ranks
#63 of 159 Georgia counties by design load, top 82% of 2,758 nationally - that's Burke County's spot. 3.6 psf is Georgia's typical county figure - Burke County beats it by 1.4 psf.
FIPS 13033, population 24,472, centered near 33.0602°N 82.0002°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.
Burke County: average annual snowfall
Burke County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the MIDVILLE EXP STN, GA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Burke 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.