Chicot County, AR Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
Chicot County, AR roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Chicot County is designed to carry 10 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22. 7 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Chicot County's 10 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.
On a roof that means 22 in. of fresh snow, 8 in. once it packs down, or 2 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.
Chicot County, AR: quick facts
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#2,007 of 2,758
- Arkansas rank#59 of 75
- Population9,272
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.1 in.
- FIPS05017
Where Chicot County ranks
#59 of 75 Arkansas counties by design load, top 73% of 2,758 nationally - that's Chicot County's spot. Arkansas counties average 10.1 psf; Chicot County runs 0.1 psf lower than that.
FIPS 05017, population 9,272, centered near 33.2671°N 91.2972°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 10 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 10 psf design figure above.
Chicot County: average annual snowfall
Chicot County sees about 0.1 in. of snow most winters, per the EUDORA, AR US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Chicot 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.