Screven County, GA Roof Snow Load - 5 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Screven County, GA?
5 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Screven County to carry. The physics-based figure alone would be 3.5 psf, but ASCE 7's own low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) sets a floor of 5 psf for flat and low-pitch roofs here, which is the number that actually governs.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 11 in. if it's fresh powder, 4 in. once it settles, or a mere 1 in. if it's ice. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.
Screven County in numbers
- Design roof snow load5 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map5 psf
- National rank#2,343 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#76 of 159
- Population14,325
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.1 in.
- FIPS13251
How Screven County compares
5 psf ranks #2,343 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 85%) - and #76 of 159 in Georgia. 3.6 psf is Georgia's typical county figure - Screven County beats it by 1.4 psf.
Population 14,325 (FIPS 13251), roughly 32.7448°N 81.6176°W. The 5 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 5 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Screven County, GA
NOAA's 30-year normal for Screven County: 0.1 in. of snow a year, from the HAMPTON 1S, SC US station. Worth noting: the nearest station reporting snowfall normals sits 29.5 mi from Screven County's center, so treat this as a regional figure rather than an exact one. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Screven County figure assumes
This is a county-level reference figure for a typical heated home built to Risk Category II (ordinary residential), on a partially exposed lot - the assumptions ASCE 7-22 itself treats as the default case. A steeper roof, a fully exposed hilltop lot, an unheated structure, or a higher risk category all change the actual number.
Screven County's permit office wants an address-specific figure, not this county average - the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is free, takes under a minute, and outputs a PDF most reviewers accept. See the methodology guide.