Luzerne County, PA Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Luzerne County, PA: no map figure, on purpose
Luzerne 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.
Luzerne County, FIPS 42079, is home to 331,379 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Luzerne County at a glance
- Population331,379
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal35.6 in.
- FIPS42079
How much it actually snows in Luzerne County
Most winters bring Luzerne County roughly 35.6 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at SHICKSHINNY 3 N, PA US, 9 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Luzerne 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 Luzerne County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)