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Curry County, NM Roof Snow Load - 15 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Curry County

Moderate
15 psf

That's Curry County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Curry County are actually governed by ASCE 7's §7.3.4 minimum of 15 psf, not the 10.5 psf the ground-load formula alone would produce.

Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 33 in. of fresh powder, 12 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 3 in. if it's turned to ice. This is a meaningful design load - most modern-code homes handle it fine, though an addition, a carport or a flat-roofed section can be a weak spot.

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Curry County in numbers

Where Curry County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Curry County sits at #1,382, the top 50% nationally - #1 of 27 within New Mexico. New Mexico counties average 6.9 psf; Curry County runs 8.1 psf higher than that.

Near 34.573°N 103.3461°W, FIPS 35009: Curry County counts 47,156 residents and a 15 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 15 psf.

How much it actually snows in Curry County

Most winters bring Curry County roughly 8.6 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at CLOVIS 13 N, NM US, 7.6 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Curry 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 Curry County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)