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Gillespie County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Gillespie County

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5 psf

That's Gillespie 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. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

Gillespie County at a glance

Where Gillespie County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Gillespie County sits at #2,244, the top 81% nationally - #112 of 254 within Texas. 5.4 psf is Texas's typical county figure - Gillespie County comes in 0.4 psf under it.

Near 30.3251°N 98.9418°W, FIPS 48171: Gillespie County counts 28,159 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.

How much it actually snows in Gillespie County

Most winters bring Gillespie County roughly 0 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at TEAGUE RCH, TX US, 10.9 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Gillespie 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 Gillespie County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)