Goochland County maintains the following design criteria:
- Ground Snow Load: View the Snow Load Map.
- Wind Speed: 90 to 105 miles per hour - 3 second gusts
- Rainfall: 3.3 inches per hour
- Seismic Category: B
- Weathering: Severe
- Frost depth: 18 inches
- Termite: Moderate to heavy
- Winter design temperature: 17 Degree Fahrenheit
- Mean annual temperature: 56.1 Degree Fahrenheit
- Ice barrier underlayment: Yes
- Flood hazards: Contact Environmental Engineer 804-556-5849
- Air freezing index: 1500 or less
- Shrink Swell Soil: View the Shrink - Swell Map.
