Cambria County, PA Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
What "Case Study" means for Cambria County
Cambria County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.
Cambria County, FIPS 42021, is home to 130,108 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Cambria County at a glance
- Population130,108
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal79.7 in.
- FIPS42021
How much it actually snows in Cambria County
Most winters bring Cambria County roughly 79.7 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at EBENSBURG SEWAGE PLT, PA US, 3.1 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Cambria 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 Cambria County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.