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Pottawatomie County, OK Roof Snow Load - 10 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Pottawatomie County

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10 psf

That's Pottawatomie County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. Flat and low-pitch roofs in Pottawatomie 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.

Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 22 in. of fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 2 in. if it's turned to ice. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

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Pottawatomie County in numbers

Where Pottawatomie County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Pottawatomie County sits at #1,735, the top 63% nationally - #27 of 77 within Oklahoma. 11 psf is Oklahoma's typical county figure - Pottawatomie County comes in 1 psf under it.

Near 35.2114°N 96.957°W, FIPS 40125: Pottawatomie County counts 74,446 residents and a 10 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 10 psf.

How much it actually snows in Pottawatomie County

Most winters bring Pottawatomie County roughly 1.4 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at TECUMSEH, OK US, 4 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.