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Hunt County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

Hunt County, TX: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
5 psf

Hunt County's roofs are built to hold 5 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 5 psf - higher than the 3.5 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 11 inches of fresh, light snow, 4 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 1 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. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

Hunt County, TX: quick facts

Hunt County by the numbers

Nationally that's #2,134 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 77%; within Texas alone, Hunt County ranks #67 of 254. That's 0.4 psf below Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.

Hunt County, FIPS 48231, is home to 118,729 people near 33.1233°N 96.0842°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Hunt County's snowfall, most winters

1 in. a year: that's Hunt County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at COMMERCE 4SW, TX US (10.5 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Hunt County's number

Treat the Hunt 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. Details: the calculation guide.