Treutlen County, GA Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Treutlen County, GA roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Treutlen County is designed to carry 0 pounds per square foot of snow on its roof, per ASCE 7-22.
On a roof that means 0 in. of fresh snow, 0 in. once it packs down, or 0 in. of solid ice - three very different piles for the same load. Snow load is not a factor in roof design here at all; the ground snow load figure maps to zero.
Treutlen County in numbers
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,735 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#153 of 159
- Population6,420
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0.2 in.
- FIPS13283
Where Treutlen County ranks
#153 of 159 Georgia counties by design load, top 99% of 2,758 nationally - that's Treutlen County's spot. Georgia counties average 3.6 psf; Treutlen County runs 3.6 psf lower than that.
FIPS 13283, population 6,420, centered near 32.4096°N 82.5709°W. ASCE 7's underlying ground snow load here is 0 psf before the code's exposure and importance factors bring it to the 0 psf design figure above.
Treutlen County: average annual snowfall
Treutlen County sees about 0.2 in. of snow most winters, per the STILLMORE, GA US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Treutlen 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. (How this figure is calculated.)