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Sequoyah County, OK Roof Snow Load - 10 psf

Sequoyah County, OK: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
10 psf

Sequoyah County's roofs are built to hold 10 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 10 psf - higher than the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 22 inches of fresh, light snow, 8 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 2 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

Sequoyah County at a glance

Sequoyah County by the numbers

Nationally that's #1,804 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 65%; within Oklahoma alone, Sequoyah County ranks #40 of 77. That's 1 psf below Oklahoma's own county-average design load of 11 psf.

Sequoyah County, FIPS 40135, is home to 40,555 people near 35.5024°N 94.7508°W. Its 10 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 10 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Sequoyah County's snowfall, most winters

1.9 in. a year: that's Sequoyah County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at SALLISAW 2 NW, OK US (4.4 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Sequoyah County's number

Treat the Sequoyah County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.

For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. See the methodology guide.