Motley County, TX Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Motley County, TX?
10 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Motley County to carry. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Motley 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.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 22 in. if it's fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles, or a mere 2 in. if it's ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
Motley County, TX: quick facts
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#2,066 of 2,758
- Texas rank#39 of 254
- Population1,015
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal3.1 in.
- FIPS48345
How Motley County compares
10 psf ranks #2,066 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 75%) - and #39 of 254 in Texas. That's 4.6 psf above Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.
Population 1,015 (FIPS 48345), roughly 34.0579°N 100.7932°W. The 10 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 10 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Motley County, TX
NOAA's 30-year normal for Motley County: 3.1 in. of snow a year, from the FLOMOT 4 NE, TX US station. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Motley County figure assumes
This is a county-level reference figure for a typical heated home built to Risk Category II (ordinary residential), on a partially exposed lot - the assumptions ASCE 7-22 itself treats as the default case. A steeper roof, a fully exposed hilltop lot, an unheated structure, or a higher risk category all change the actual number.
Motley County's permit office wants an address-specific figure, not this county average - the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is free, takes under a minute, and outputs a PDF most reviewers accept. See the methodology guide.