Pointe Coupee Parish, LA Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English
Pointe Coupee Parish's roofs are built to hold 0 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first.
In depth, not weight: that's roughly 0 inches of fresh, light snow, 0 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 0 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. Snow load is not a factor in roof design here at all; the ground snow load figure maps to zero.
Pointe Coupee Parish in numbers
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,672 of 2,758
- Louisiana rank#59 of 64
- Population19,845
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS22077
Pointe Coupee Parish by the numbers
Nationally that's #2,672 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 97%; within Louisiana alone, Pointe Coupee Parish ranks #59 of 64. 2.4 psf is Louisiana's typical county figure - Pointe Coupee Parish comes in 2.4 psf under it.
Pointe Coupee Parish, FIPS 22077, is home to 19,845 people near 30.7083°N 91.6046°W. Its 0 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 0 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.
Pointe Coupee Parish's snowfall, most winters
0 in. a year: that's Pointe Coupee Parish's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at BAKER, LA US (28 mi away). 28 mi is a real gap between Pointe Coupee Parish and its nearest reporting station, so local snowfall can diverge from this figure, especially near elevation changes. See the density guide.
Before you rely on Pointe Coupee Parish's number
Treat the Pointe Coupee Parish 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. See the methodology guide.