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Jones County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

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

Light
5 psf

Jones 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. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.

Jones County at a glance

Jones County by the numbers

Nationally that's #2,288 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 83%; within Texas alone, Jones County ranks #126 of 254. That's 0.4 psf below Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.

Jones County, FIPS 48253, is home to 20,850 people near 32.7437°N 99.8744°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Jones County's snowfall, most winters

3 in. a year: that's Jones County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at HAMLIN 1SW, TX US (16.8 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Jones County's number

Treat the Jones 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.