Building Codes
Building codes sometimes take frost depth into account because of frost heaving which can damage buildings by moving their foundations. Foundations are normally built below the frost depth for this reason. Water pipes are normally buried below the frost line, or insulated to prevent them from freezing.
There are many ways to predict frost depth including factors which relate air temperature to soil temperature.
Read more about this topic: Frost Line
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