Kanabec County, MN Roof Snow Load - 42 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Kanabec County
That's Kanabec County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 92.4 in. of fresh powder, 33.6 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 8.4 in. if it's turned to ice. A load this size is a serious structural matter; pre-modern-code homes and low-slope or flat-roofed sections are the ones most worth an inspection.
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Kanabec County in numbers
- Design roof snow load42 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map60 psf
- National rank#61 of 2,758
- Minnesota rank#18 of 87
- Population16,608
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal52 in.
- FIPS27065
Where Kanabec County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Kanabec County sits at #61, the top 2% nationally - #18 of 87 within Minnesota. That's 4.6 psf above Minnesota's own county-average design load of 37.4 psf.
Near 45.9478°N 93.2978°W, FIPS 27065: Kanabec County counts 16,608 residents and a 60 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 42 psf.
How much it actually snows in Kanabec County
Most winters bring Kanabec County roughly 52 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at MORA, MN US, 4.9 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Kanabec 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 Kanabec County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.