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Morris County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Morris County

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5 psf

That's Morris County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. 3.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Morris County's 5 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

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.

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Morris County, TX: quick facts

Where Morris County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Morris County sits at #2,360, the top 86% nationally - #153 of 254 within Texas. That's 0.4 psf below Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.

Near 33.1165°N 94.7313°W, FIPS 48343: Morris County counts 12,184 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.

How much it actually snows in Morris County

Most winters bring Morris County roughly 1.1 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at PITTSBURG 5 SSE, TX US, 17.8 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Morris 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 Morris County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)