Clark County, MO Roof Snow Load - 20 psf
Clark County, MO roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Clark County is designed to carry 20 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Clark County are actually governed by ASCE 7's §7.3.4 minimum of 20 psf, not the 14 psf the ground-load formula alone would produce.
On a roof that means 44 in. of fresh snow, 16 in. once it packs down, or 4 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. A meaningful design load. Most homes built to modern code handle it, but additions, carports, and flat-roofed sections are worth a second look.
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Clark County, MO: quick facts
- Design roof snow load20 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map20 psf
- National rank#1,180 of 2,758
- Missouri rank#73 of 115
- Population6,623
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal26.6 in.
- FIPS29045
Where Clark County ranks
#73 of 115 Missouri counties by design load, top 43% of 2,758 nationally - that's Clark County's spot. That's 1.4 psf above Missouri's own county-average design load of 18.6 psf.
FIPS 29045, population 6,623, centered near 40.4073°N 91.7295°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 20 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 20 psf design figure above.
Clark County: average annual snowfall
Clark County sees about 26.6 in. of snow most winters, per the DONNELLSON, IA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Clark 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. (How this figure is calculated.)