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Wood County, TX Roof Snow Load - 5 psf

Wood County, TX: your roof's ASCE 7 snow number, in plain English

Light
5 psf

Wood County's roofs are built to hold 5 psf of snow, the ASCE 7-22 figure a permit reviewer checks first. 3.5 psf is what the ground-load formula alone gives; Wood County's 5 psf low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) beats it, so that figure is the one that governs on flat and low-pitch roofs.

In depth, not weight: that's roughly 11 inches of fresh, light snow, 4 inches of old, settled snow, or as little as 1 inches of solid ice - snow that heavy is rare here but ice from a freeze-thaw cycle adds up far faster than the depth suggests. This is a modest add-on to standard roof loading - ordinary residential construction carries it without extra bracing.

Wood County, TX: quick facts

Wood County by the numbers

Nationally that's #2,195 out of 2,758 rated counties, the top 80%; within Texas alone, Wood County ranks #95 of 254. 5.4 psf is Texas's typical county figure - Wood County comes in 0.4 psf under it.

Wood County, FIPS 48499, is home to 48,742 people near 32.7836°N 95.3822°W. Its 5 psf ground snow load figure is the map value; 5 psf is what a roof is actually designed for.

Wood County's snowfall, most winters

0.5 in. a year: that's Wood County's NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, measured at HAWKINS, TX US (17.6 mi away). See the density guide.

Before you rely on Wood County's number

Treat the Wood County figure as a starting point, not a final answer: it assumes standard occupancy, a heated structure and a moderately sheltered site, per ASCE 7-22's own defaults. Exposed terrain, an unheated building or a steeper roof all shift the real number.

For a real application, skip the county number and go straight to the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool - enter your coordinates and it returns a site-specific figure a plan reviewer will recognize. See the methodology guide.