Schoharie County, NY Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Why doesn't Schoharie County have a snow load number?
ASCE 7's own snow load map has no single figure for Schoharie 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 36095, population 30,151. 386 US counties get this same case-study treatment; Schoharie County is one of them.
Schoharie County, NY: quick facts
- Population30,151
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal85.5 in.
- FIPS36095
Schoharie County: average annual snowfall
Schoharie County sees about 85.5 in. of snow most winters, per the COOPERSTOWN, NY US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. That station is far enough away (26.3 mi) that local snowfall - especially at a different elevation or near a lake - can run noticeably higher or lower than this figure. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Schoharie 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. Details: the calculation guide.