Pike County, PA Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area

Pike County, PA: no map figure, on purpose

Case study area

No map value

Pike County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.

Pike County, FIPS 42103, is home to 62,376 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.

Pike County in numbers

Population62,376
Annual snowfall, NOAA normal47.1 in.
FIPS42103

How much it actually snows in Pike County

Most winters bring Pike County roughly 47.1 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at HAWLEY 1 E, PA US, 12.5 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Pike 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 Pike County's county-wide figure. Details: the calculation guide.