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A light pole order is an engineering check wrapped in a purchase: will this pole carry these fixtures in the wind this site actually sees? Answer that with the EPA math below, pick the mounting style, and the rest of the specification falls into place. Get it wrong and the failure mode is not a returned fixture, it is a pole on the ground.

How to Match Light Poles to Fixture EPA and Wind Zone

Every luminaire, arm, and bracket has a published EPA, or effective projected area, in square feet. Every pole carries manufacturer EPA ratings at specific wind speeds, typically 90, 100, 110, and 130 mph, derived from AASHTO criteria and the ASCE 7 wind maps that set your site's design wind speed. The check is one line of addition: total the EPA of everything mounted on the pole and compare it to the pole's rating at your wind speed.

Worked example: a site plan calls for two shoebox area lights at 1.0 sq ft EPA each on a twin arm rated at 0.8 sq ft, a total of 2.8 sq ft. A 25 ft square steel pole rated for 7.0 sq ft at 110 mph carries that load with margin. Move the same package to a 150 mph coastal zone and the pole's rating can drop below 3 sq ft, which turns a comfortable spec into a marginal one. These figures are illustrative; confirm against the specific pole's rating sheet and your jurisdiction's design wind speed before ordering.

Anchor Base or Direct Burial

Anchor base poles bolt to a poured concrete foundation using an anchor bolt set and template, which allows precise leveling, straightforward future replacement, and installation on finished sites. Order the anchor bolts with the pole so the template is on site before the pour. Direct burial poles skip the foundation entirely; the common embedment rule of thumb is 10 percent of pole height plus 2 feet, so a 25 ft pole buries roughly 4.5 ft, subject to soil conditions. Sandy or disturbed soils, high water tables, and deep frost lines all push the decision back toward an engineered foundation.

Pole Height and Material at a Glance

Mounting HeightTypical ApplicationCommon Materials
10 to 15 ftWalkways, pedestrian areas, small lotsAluminum, fiberglass
20 to 25 ftParking lots, campus drives, commercial frontageSteel, aluminum
30 to 39 ftLarge parking fields, roadways, auto dealershipsSteel

Material choice in one paragraph: steel delivers the most EPA capacity per dollar and dominates at 20 ft and above; aluminum shrugs off corrosion without paint and suits coastal and pedestrian-scale work; fiberglass is light, non-conductive, and easy to handle on remote sites. The full trade-offs live on our steel light poles, aluminum light poles, and fiberglass light poles pages.

Order the Pole and the Luminaire as One Package

A light pole is only half an order. Pair the pole with its luminaire at order time so the drilling pattern, tenon size, and EPA all reconcile before anything ships. Shoebox fixtures pair with square straight poles for parking lots; roadway fixtures ride round tapered poles with slip-fitter tenons. Browse area lights and shoebox fixtures and street lights and cobraheads to build the pairing. And if your drawings call the same product a light post or a lamp pole, no matter; the selection logic for outdoor pole lights is identical whatever the site plan names it.

Accessories and Foundation Hardware

Anchor bolt sets, base covers, tenon adapters, cross arms, and vibration dampers complete the order. Dampers earn their line item on open, windy sites and on single-fixture poles, where vortex shedding does slow damage that shows up years later as cracked welds. Keep hand-hole covers and spare base covers on the order too; they are the parts that go missing between delivery and energization. Everything lives in light pole accessories.

Send the site plan and fixture schedule and we will quote a matched pole and luminaire package, anchor bolts and freight to the job site included.

Frequently Asked Questions

EPA is effective projected area, the wind-catching surface of everything mounted on the pole, measured in square feet. Fixtures, arms, and brackets each publish an EPA value. A pole is rated for a maximum total EPA at a given wind speed, so the selection check is adding up your fixture and bracket EPAs and confirming the sum stays under the pole's rating for your site's design wind speed.

Use the design wind speed for the site's location from the ASCE 7 wind maps, which local building codes reference. Most inland US sites fall in the 90 to 115 mph range, while hurricane-exposed coastal zones can require 150 mph or more. Your local authority having jurisdiction sets the governing number, so confirm it before ordering rather than assuming an inland rating.

Anchor base poles suit finished sites, poor soils, and any installation where future replacement matters; they bolt to a poured foundation with an anchor bolt template. Direct burial poles cost less installed where soil conditions allow, since they skip the foundation. High water tables, sandy soils, and deep frost lines favor anchor base. Most commercial parking lot projects spec anchor base for serviceability.

The common rule of thumb is 10 percent of the pole height plus 2 feet, so a 20 ft pole embeds about 4 feet and a 30 ft pole about 5 feet. Soil bearing capacity governs the final number: loose or wet soils need deeper embedment or a concrete backfill collar. Follow the pole manufacturer's installation sheet and any geotechnical guidance for the site.

Most commercial parking lots run 20 to 25 ft mounting heights, which balance pole count against uniformity. Larger fields and auto lots push to 30 to 39 ft to cover more area per pole, while pedestrian zones and small lots drop to 10 to 15 ft. Fixture lumen output and spacing decide the final layout, so height and photometrics get chosen together.

Only after rechecking EPA. Adding a fixture and arm raises the pole's total wind load, and a pole specced tight for one luminaire can fail the math with two. Pull the pole's EPA rating at your design wind speed, add the new fixture and bracket EPAs to the existing load, and confirm margin remains. The drilling pattern and hand-hole wiring capacity need a look too.

Anchor bolts are typically a separate line item, and ordering them with the pole matters more than it looks: the bolt circle template needs to be on site before the concrete pour, usually weeks ahead of pole delivery. Order the anchor bolt set with the pole and have the template shipped ahead so the foundation and the pole meet correctly on installation day.