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Wind, Snow and Seismic Zones for Clallam County


Area Wind Speed Exposure Average Snow Load (≤600' elev) * Seismic Design Category
ASCE 7-10  IBC 2015 GROUND
Port Angeles 130 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Diamond Point 130 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Sequim 130 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Beaver 140 MPH C 30 PSF D2
Pillar Point 140 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Clallam Bay/Sekiu 140 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Neah Bay 150 MPH C/(D**) 30 PSF D1
La Push 150 MPH C/(D**) 25 PSF D2
Forks 140 MPH C 30 PSF D2
Lake Dawn/Foothills 130 MPH C * D2

Soil bearing pressure: 1500# p.s.f.

Frost depth: 12" min.

* For elevations greater than 600 ft above sea level, snow load = elev x 0.04.
Example: 800 ft elevation = (800 x 0.04 = 32 psf snow load).

** All areas within 600 feet of the marine shoreline are exposure "D", and/or a body of water 5000 feet (.95 of a mile) long, are exposure D.