Little River County, AR Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Little River County
That's Little River County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Little River County are actually governed by ASCE 7's §7.3.4 minimum of 5 psf, not the 3.5 psf the ground-load formula alone would produce.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 11 in. of fresh powder, 4 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 1 in. if it's turned to ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
Little River County in numbers
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,368 of 2,758
- Arkansas rank#74 of 75
- Population11,626
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.3 in.
- FIPS05081
Where Little River County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Little River County sits at #2,368, the top 86% nationally - #74 of 75 within Arkansas. Arkansas counties average 10.1 psf; Little River County runs 5.1 psf lower than that.
Near 33.7019°N 94.2363°W, FIPS 05081: Little River County counts 11,626 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.
How much it actually snows in Little River County
Most winters bring Little River County roughly 0.3 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at FOREMAN, AR US, 9.4 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Little River 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 Little River County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.