Essex County, VT Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
What "Case Study" means for Essex County
Essex County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.
Essex County, FIPS 50009, is home to 6,037 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Essex County at a glance
- Population6,037
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal114.9 in.
- FIPS50009
How much it actually snows in Essex County
Most winters bring Essex County roughly 114.9 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at ISLAND POND, VT US, 9.9 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Essex 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 Essex County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.