Randolph County, GA Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Randolph County
That's Randolph County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 0 in. of fresh powder, 0 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 0 in. if it's turned to ice. This county’s ground snow load maps to zero - snow load is not a driver of roof design here.
Randolph County in numbers
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,736 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#154 of 159
- Population6,085
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.3 in.
- FIPS13243
Where Randolph County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Randolph County sits at #2,736, the top 99% nationally - #154 of 159 within Georgia. 3.6 psf is Georgia's typical county figure - Randolph County comes in 3.6 psf under it.
Near 31.7627°N 84.7523°W, FIPS 13243: Randolph County counts 6,085 residents and a 0 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 0 psf.
How much it actually snows in Randolph County
Most winters bring Randolph County roughly 0.3 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at CUTHBERT, GA US, 2.4 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Randolph 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 Randolph County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)