Lincoln County, NM Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Lincoln County, NM: no map figure, on purpose
Lincoln County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.
Lincoln County, FIPS 35027, is home to 20,025 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Lincoln County in numbers
- Population20,025
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal7 in.
- FIPS35027
How much it actually snows in Lincoln County
Most winters bring Lincoln County roughly 7 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at CARRIZOZO 1SW, NM US, 26.8 mi off. That station is far enough away (26.8 mi) that local snowfall - especially at a different elevation or near a lake - can run noticeably higher or lower than this figure. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Lincoln 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 Lincoln County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.