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Hart County, GA Roof Snow Load - 10 psf

Hart County, GA: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
10 psf

Hart County's roofs are built to hold 10 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 10 psf - higher than the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 22 inches of fresh, light snow, 8 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 2 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. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.

Hart County in numbers

Hart County by the numbers

Nationally that's #1,855 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 67%; within Georgia alone, Hart County ranks #9 of 159. That's 6.4 psf above Georgia's own county-average design load of 3.6 psf.

Hart County, FIPS 13147, is home to 28,052 people near 34.3487°N 82.9633°W. Its 10 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 10 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Hart County's snowfall, most winters

0.9 in. a year: that's Hart County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at HARTWELL, GA US (1.9 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Hart County's number

Treat the Hart 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. See the methodology guide.