Whitfield County, GA Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Whitfield County
That's Whitfield County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from. §7.3.4's low-slope minimum of 10 psf is what actually governs on a flat or low-pitch roof here - higher than the 7 psf the base ground-load formula gives.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 22 in. of fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 2 in. if it's turned to ice. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.
Whitfield County, GA: quick facts
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#1,709 of 2,758
- Georgia rank#1 of 159
- Population105,070
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal0 in.
- FIPS13313
Where Whitfield County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Whitfield County sits at #1,709, the top 62% nationally - #1 of 159 within Georgia. That's 6.4 psf above Georgia's own county-average design load of 3.6 psf.
Near 34.8017°N 84.9685°W, FIPS 13313: Whitfield County counts 105,070 residents and a 10 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 10 psf.
How much it actually snows in Whitfield County
Most winters bring Whitfield County roughly 0 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at RINGGOLD 2 SE, GA US, 8.8 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Whitfield 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 Whitfield County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)