SnowLoadCheck

Haskell County, KS Roof Snow Load - 15 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Haskell County

Moderate
15 psf

That's Haskell County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. 10.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Haskell County's 15 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 33 in. of fresh powder, 12 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 3 in. if it's turned to ice. Modern-code homes carry a load like this without issue; an older addition, a carport, or any flat-roofed section is where it is worth checking first.

Haskell County at a glance

Where Haskell County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Haskell County sits at #1,624, the top 59% nationally - #95 of 105 within Kansas. That's 3.2 psf below Kansas's own county-average design load of 18.2 psf.

Near 37.555°N 100.88°W, FIPS 20081: Haskell County counts 3,591 residents and a 15 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 15 psf.

How much it actually snows in Haskell County

Most winters bring Haskell County roughly 15 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at SUBLETTE 7WSW, KS US, 9.5 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

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