Fayette County, GA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Fayette County
That's Fayette County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. The physics-based figure alone would be 3.5 psf, but ASCE 7's own low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) sets a floor of 5 psf for flat and low-pitch roofs here, which is the number that actually governs.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 11 in. of fresh powder, 4 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 1 in. if it's turned to ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
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Fayette County in numbers
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,130 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#38 of 159
- Population125,107
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.8 in.
- FIPS13113
Where Fayette County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Fayette County sits at #2,130, the top 77% nationally - #38 of 159 within Georgia. That's 1.4 psf above Georgia's own county-average design load of 3.6 psf.
Near 33.4127°N 84.4939°W, FIPS 13113: Fayette County counts 125,107 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.
How much it actually snows in Fayette County
Most winters bring Fayette County roughly 0.8 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at JONESBORO, GA US, 11.5 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Fayette 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 Fayette County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.