Concordia Parish, LA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Concordia Parish, LA?
5 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Concordia Parish to carry. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 5 psf - higher than the 3.5 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 11 in. if it's fresh powder, 4 in. once it settles, or a mere 1 in. if it's ice. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.
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Concordia Parish in numbers
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,318 of 2,758
- Louisiana rank#19 of 64
- Population17,797
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS22029
How Concordia Parish compares
5 psf ranks #2,318 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 84%) - and #19 of 64 in Louisiana. 2.4 psf is Louisiana's typical county figure - Concordia Parish beats it by 2.6 psf.
Population 17,797 (FIPS 22029), roughly 31.4698°N 91.6263°W. The 5 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 5 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Concordia Parish, LA
NOAA's 30-year normal for Concordia Parish: 0 in. of snow a year, from the VIDALIA #2, LA US station. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Concordia Parish figure assumes
This is a county-level reference figure for a typical heated home built to Risk Category II (ordinary residential), on a partially exposed lot - the assumptions ASCE 7-22 itself treats as the default case. A steeper roof, a fully exposed hilltop lot, an unheated structure, or a higher risk category all change the actual number.
Concordia Parish's permit office wants an address-specific figure, not this county average - the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is free, takes under a minute, and outputs a PDF most reviewers accept. Details: the calculation guide.