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Lincoln County, KS Roof Snow Load - 20 psf

Lincoln County, KS roof snow load, translated

Moderate
20 psf

A typical heated home in Lincoln County is designed to carry 20 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22. 17.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Lincoln County's 20 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

On a roof that means 44 in. of fresh snow, 16 in. once it packs down, or 4 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. A meaningful design load. Most homes built to modern code handle it, but additions, carports, and flat-roofed sections are worth a second look.

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Lincoln County in numbers

Where Lincoln County ranks

#54 of 105 Kansas counties by design load, top 45% of 2,758 nationally - that's Lincoln County's spot. 18.2 psf is Kansas's typical county figure - Lincoln County beats it by 1.8 psf.

FIPS 20105, population 2,928, centered near 39.0472°N 98.2144°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 25 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 20 psf design figure above.

Lincoln County: average annual snowfall

Lincoln County sees about 15.3 in. of snow most winters, per the LINCOLN 1 SE, KS US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.

Read this before you use Lincoln 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.