Sabine County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Sabine County
That's Sabine 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. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.
Sabine County in numbers
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,381 of 2,758
- Texas rank#163 of 254
- Population10,058
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.1 in.
- FIPS48403
Where Sabine County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Sabine County sits at #2,381, the top 86% nationally - #163 of 254 within Texas. 5.4 psf is Texas's typical county figure - Sabine County comes in 0.4 psf under it.
Near 31.3433°N 93.8519°W, FIPS 48403: Sabine County counts 10,058 residents and a 5 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 5 psf.
How much it actually snows in Sabine County
Most winters bring Sabine County roughly 0.1 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at HEMPHILL 6 NE, TX US, 6 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Sabine 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 Sabine County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)