Cass County, MI Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Cass County, MI: no map figure, on purpose
Cass 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.
Cass County, FIPS 26027, is home to 51,550 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Cass County, MI: quick facts
- Population51,550
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal62.5 in.
- FIPS26027
How much it actually snows in Cass County
Most winters bring Cass County roughly 62.5 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at NILES, MI US, 14.7 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Cass 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 Cass County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.