Palo Pinto County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
Palo Pinto County, TX: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English
Palo Pinto County's roofs are built to hold 5 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Palo Pinto 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.
In depth, not weight: that's roughly 11 inches of fresh, light snow, 4 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 1 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.
Palo Pinto County at a glance
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,235 of 2,758
- Texas rank#109 of 254
- Population30,231
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS48363
Palo Pinto County by the numbers
Nationally that's #2,235 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 81%; within Texas alone, Palo Pinto County ranks #109 of 254. Texas counties average 5.4 psf; Palo Pinto County runs 0.4 psf lower than that.
Palo Pinto County, FIPS 48363, is home to 30,231 people near 32.7522°N 98.318°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.
Palo Pinto County's snowfall, most winters
0 in. a year: that's Palo Pinto County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at PALO PINTO, TX US (1.1 mi away). See the density guide.
Before you rely on Palo Pinto County's number
Treat the Palo Pinto County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.
For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. (How this figure is calculated.)