Howard County, IN Roof Snow Load - 20 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Howard County
That's Howard County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Howard County are actually governed by ASCE 7's §7.3.4 minimum of 20 psf, not the 14 psf the ground-load formula alone would produce.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 44 in. of fresh powder, 16 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 4 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.
Howard County at a glance
- Design roof snow load20 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map20 psf
- National rank#671 of 2,758
- Indiana rank#15 of 89
- Population84,082
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal34.1 in.
- FIPS18067
Where Howard County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Howard County sits at #671, the top 24% nationally - #15 of 89 within Indiana. Indiana counties average 19.3 psf; Howard County runs 0.7 psf higher than that.
Near 40.4835°N 86.1141°W, FIPS 18067: Howard County counts 84,082 residents and a 20 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 20 psf.
How much it actually snows in Howard County
Most winters bring Howard County roughly 34.1 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at KOKOMO 3 WSW, IN US, 3.7 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Howard 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 Howard County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)