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Real County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Real County

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5 psf

That's Real County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 5 psf - higher than the 3.5 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.

Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 11 in. of fresh powder, 4 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 1 in. if it's turned to ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.

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Real County at a glance

Where Real County's figure sits nationally

Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Real County sits at #2,453, the top 89% nationally - #194 of 254 within Texas. That's 0.4 psf below Texas's own county-average design load of 5.4 psf.

Near 29.8301°N 99.8125°W, FIPS 48385: Real County counts 2,772 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.

How much it actually snows in Real County

Most winters bring Real County roughly 0 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at LEAKEY, TX US, 7 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)

Read this before you rely on it

Real 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 Real County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)