Sandoval County, NM Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Sandoval County, NM: no map figure, on purpose
ASCE 7's own snow load map has no single figure for Sandoval County: the terrain is complex enough that the code (§7.2) requires an elevation-specific study rather than a county-wide value. That is the map being accurate, not a data gap.
FIPS 35043, population 157,757. 386 US counties get this same case-study treatment; Sandoval County is one of them.
Sandoval County at a glance
- Population157,757
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal22.8 in.
- FIPS35043
Sandoval County: average annual snowfall
Sandoval County sees about 22.8 in. of snow most winters, per the JEMEZ SPRINGS, NM US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Sandoval County's figure
The figure above assumes the case ASCE 7-22 treats as typical: a heated, ordinary-occupancy home on a partially exposed site. Change any of those - exposure, heating, roof pitch, occupancy category - and the real design number moves.
A building permit needs the number at your exact address, not the county average - the free ASCE 7 Hazard Tool returns that from your coordinates in about a minute and produces a PDF a plan reviewer will accept. (How this figure is calculated.)