Skagit County, WA Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
Skagit County, WA: no map figure, on purpose
ASCE 7's own snow load map has no single figure for Skagit 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 53057, population 132,736. 386 US counties get this same case-study treatment; Skagit County is one of them.
Skagit County at a glance
- Population132,736
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal42.4 in.
- FIPS53057
Skagit County: average annual snowfall
Skagit County sees about 42.4 in. of snow most winters, per the UPPER BAKER DAM, WA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Skagit 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.