Genesee County, NY Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Genesee County, NY: no map figure, on purpose
ASCE 7's own snow load map has no single figure for Genesee County: the terrain is complex enough that the code (§7.2) requires an elevation-specific study rather than a county-wide value. That is the map being accurate, not a data gap.
FIPS 36037, population 57,604. 386 US counties get this same case-study treatment; Genesee County is one of them.
Genesee County at a glance
- Population57,604
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal73.9 in.
- FIPS36037
Genesee County: average annual snowfall
Genesee County sees about 73.9 in. of snow most winters, per the BATAVIA, NY US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Genesee 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.)