Craven County, NC Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Craven County, NC?
10 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Craven County to carry. 7 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Craven 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.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 22 in. if it's fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles, or a mere 2 in. if it's ice. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.
Craven County in numbers
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#1,711 of 2,758
- North Carolina rank#65 of 100
- Population104,167
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal1.1 in.
- FIPS37049
How Craven County compares
10 psf ranks #1,711 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 62%) - and #65 of 100 in North Carolina. That's 2.9 psf below North Carolina's own county-average design load of 12.9 psf.
Population 104,167 (FIPS 37049), roughly 35.1168°N 77.0813°W. The 10 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 10 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Craven County, NC
NOAA's 30-year normal for Craven County: 1.1 in. of snow a year, from the BAYBORO 3 SW, NC US station. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Craven County 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.
Craven County'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.