Cleburne County, AR Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
Cleburne County, AR: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English
Cleburne County's roofs are built to hold 10 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 10 psf - higher than the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.
In depth, not weight: that's roughly 22 inches of fresh, light snow, 8 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 2 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.
Cleburne County at a glance
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#1,875 of 2,758
- Arkansas rank#25 of 75
- Population25,646
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal2.6 in.
- FIPS05023
Cleburne County by the numbers
Nationally that's #1,875 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 68%; within Arkansas alone, Cleburne County ranks #25 of 75. 10.1 psf is Arkansas's typical county figure - Cleburne County comes in 0.1 psf under it.
Cleburne County, FIPS 05023, is home to 25,646 people near 35.5936°N 92.0089°W. Its 10 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 10 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.
Cleburne County's snowfall, most winters
2.6 in. a year: that's Cleburne County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at GREERS FERRY DAM, AR US (5.1 mi away). See the density guide.
Before you rely on Cleburne County's number
Treat the Cleburne County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.
For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. See the methodology guide.