Pike County, MS Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Pike County, MS roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Pike County is designed to carry 0 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22.
On a roof that means 0 in. of fresh snow, 0 in. once it packs down, or 0 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. Snow load is not a factor in roof design here at all; the ground snow load figure maps to zero.
Pike County, MS: quick facts
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,629 of 2,758
- Mississippi rank#75 of 82
- Population38,980
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.2 in.
- FIPS28113
Where Pike County ranks
#75 of 82 Mississippi counties by design load, top 95% of 2,758 nationally - that's Pike County's spot. Mississippi counties average 6.5 psf; Pike County runs 6.5 psf lower than that.
FIPS 28113, population 38,980, centered near 31.1775°N 90.3977°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 0 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 0 psf design figure above.
Pike County: average annual snowfall
Pike County sees about 0.2 in. of snow most winters, per the MCCOMB/PIKE CO/JOHN E LEWIS AP, MS US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Pike County's figure
The figure above assumes the case ASCE 7-22 treats as typical: a heated, ordinary-occupancy home on a partially exposed site. Change any of those - exposure, heating, roof pitch, occupancy category - and the real design number moves.
A building permit needs the number at your exact address, not the county average - the free ASCE 7 Hazard Tool returns that from your coordinates in about a minute and produces a PDF a plan reviewer will accept. Details: the calculation guide.