Dixon County, NE Roof Snow Load - 21 psf
Dixon County, NE roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Dixon County is designed to carry 21 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22.
On a roof that means 46.2 in. of fresh snow, 16.8 in. once it packs down, or 4.2 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. 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.
Dixon County, NE: quick facts
- Design roof snow load21 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map30 psf
- National rank#480 of 2,758
- Nebraska rank#10 of 93
- Population5,526
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal36.2 in.
- FIPS31051
Where Dixon County ranks
#10 of 93 Nebraska counties by design load, top 17% of 2,758 nationally - that's Dixon County's spot. That's 0.8 psf above Nebraska's own county-average design load of 20.2 psf.
FIPS 31051, population 5,526, centered near 42.4851°N 96.8558°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 30 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 21 psf design figure above.
Dixon County: average annual snowfall
Dixon County sees about 36.2 in. of snow most winters, per the NEWCASTLE, NE US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Dixon County's figure
The figure above assumes the case ASCE 7-22 treats as typical: a heated, ordinary-occupancy home on a partially exposed site. Change any of those - exposure, heating, roof pitch, occupancy category - and the real design number moves.
A building permit needs the number at your exact address, not the county average - the free ASCE 7 Hazard Tool returns that from your coordinates in about a minute and produces a PDF a plan reviewer will accept. (How this figure is calculated.)