Crow Wing County, MN Roof Snow Load - 42 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Crow Wing County
That's Crow Wing County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 92.4 in. of fresh powder, 33.6 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 8.4 in. if it's turned to ice. A load this size is a serious structural matter; pre-modern-code homes and low-slope or flat-roofed sections are the ones most worth an inspection.
Crow Wing County in numbers
- Design roof snow load42 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map60 psf
- National rank#29 of 2,758
- Minnesota rank#7 of 87
- Population68,642
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal48.2 in.
- FIPS27035
Where Crow Wing County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Crow Wing County sits at #29, the top 1% nationally - #7 of 87 within Minnesota. Minnesota counties average 37.4 psf; Crow Wing County runs 4.6 psf higher than that.
Near 46.4917°N 94.0707°W, FIPS 27035: Crow Wing County counts 68,642 residents and a 60 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 42 psf.
How much it actually snows in Crow Wing County
Most winters bring Crow Wing County roughly 48.2 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at BRAINERD, MN US, 12.2 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Crow Wing County's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than Crow Wing County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.