Gem County, ID Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Gem County, ID: no map figure, on purpose
Gem 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.
Gem County, FIPS 16045, is home to 21,857 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Gem County, ID: quick facts
- Population21,857
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal7.4 in.
- FIPS16045
How much it actually snows in Gem County
Most winters bring Gem County roughly 7.4 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at EMMETT 2 E, ID US, 14.7 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Gem 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 Gem County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.