Jackson County, WI Roof Snow Load - 35 psf
Jackson County, WI roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Jackson County is designed to carry 35 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22.
On a roof that means 77 in. of fresh snow, 28 in. once it packs down, or 7 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. A serious structural load. Homes built before modern snow-load provisions, or with low-slope/flat roof sections, are the ones most worth having checked.
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Jackson County, WI: quick facts
- Design roof snow load35 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map50 psf
- National rank#157 of 2,758
- Wisconsin rank#32 of 72
- Population21,027
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal41.2 in.
- FIPS55053
Where Jackson County ranks
#32 of 72 Wisconsin counties by design load, top 6% of 2,758 nationally - that's Jackson County's spot. 30.9 psf is Wisconsin's typical county figure - Jackson County beats it by 4.1 psf.
FIPS 55053, population 21,027, centered near 44.3246°N 90.7995°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 50 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 35 psf design figure above.
Jackson County: average annual snowfall
Jackson County sees about 41.2 in. of snow most winters, per the BLACK RVR FALLS SEWAGE, WI US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Jackson County's figure
The figure above assumes the case ASCE 7-22 treats as typical: a heated, ordinary-occupancy home on a partially exposed site. Change any of those - exposure, heating, roof pitch, occupancy category - and the real design number moves.
A building permit needs the number at your exact address, not the county average - the free ASCE 7 Hazard Tool returns that from your coordinates in about a minute and produces a PDF a plan reviewer will accept. Details: the calculation guide.