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Maury County, TN Roof Snow Load - 10 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Maury County

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10 psf

That's Maury 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 Maury County are actually governed by ASCE 7's §7.3.4 minimum of 10 psf, not the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would produce.

Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 22 in. of fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 2 in. if it's turned to ice. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.

Maury County in numbers

Where Maury County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Maury County sits at #1,705, the top 62% nationally - #17 of 95 within Tennessee. Tennessee counties average 10.3 psf; Maury County runs 0.3 psf lower than that.

Near 35.6157°N 87.0778°W, FIPS 47119: Maury County counts 113,411 residents and a 10 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 10 psf.

How much it actually snows in Maury County

Most winters bring Maury County roughly 3.5 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at NEAPOLIS RES & EDU STN, TN US, 9.6 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Maury 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 Maury County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.