Wharton County, TX Roof Snow Load - 0 psf
Wharton County, TX roof snow load, translated
A typical heated home in Wharton 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.
Wharton County at a glance
- Design roof snow load0 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map0 psf
- National rank#2,625 of 2,758
- Texas rank#223 of 254
- Population42,035
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS48481
Where Wharton County ranks
#223 of 254 Texas counties by design load, top 95% of 2,758 nationally - that's Wharton County's spot. Texas counties average 5.4 psf; Wharton County runs 5.4 psf lower than that.
FIPS 48481, population 42,035, centered near 29.2785°N 96.2297°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.
Wharton County: average annual snowfall
Wharton County sees about 0 in. of snow most winters, per the WHARTON, TX US station's 1991-2020 NOAA normal. See the density guide.
Read this before you use Wharton 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. See the methodology guide.