Rio Blanco County, CO Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Why doesn't Rio Blanco County have a snow load number?
Rio Blanco 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.
Rio Blanco County, FIPS 08103, is home to 6,607 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
Rio Blanco County in numbers
- Population6,607
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal64.8 in.
- FIPS08103
How much it actually snows in Rio Blanco County
Most winters bring Rio Blanco County roughly 64.8 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at MEEKER, CO US, 16.2 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County's county-wide figure. See the methodology guide.