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Garza County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

Garza County, TX: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
5 psf

Garza County's roofs are built to hold 5 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. 3.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Garza County's 5 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 11 inches of fresh, light snow, 4 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 1 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.

Garza County, TX: quick facts

Garza County by the numbers

Nationally that's #2,433 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 88%; within Texas alone, Garza County ranks #181 of 254. That's 0.4 psf below Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.

Garza County, FIPS 48169, is home to 4,645 people near 33.1838°N 101.3011°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Garza County's snowfall, most winters

4.1 in. a year: that's Garza County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at POST, TX US (4.4 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Garza County's number

Treat the Garza County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.

For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. (How this figure is calculated.)