St. Joseph County, IN Roof Snow Load - Case Study Area
What "Case Study" means for St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County sits in the mountain-west terrain where ASCE 7-22 §7.2 itself declines to give a contour figure - elevation changes too fast over short distances there for one number per county to mean anything. The code requires a site-specific study for a building here, not a look-up.
St. Joseph County, FIPS 18141, is home to 273,744 people - one of 386 US counties ASCE 7 itself routes around a map figure for.
St. Joseph County, IN: quick facts
- Population273,744
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal49.9 in.
- FIPS18141
How much it actually snows in St. Joseph County
Most winters bring St. Joseph County roughly 49.9 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at SOUTH BEND 4.6 SE, IN US, 3.8 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
St. Joseph County's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than St. Joseph County's county-wide figure. Details: the calculation guide.