Lightning strikes in California by county
The detection network has located 3,391 lightning strikes in California since the archive began, including 3,371 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Bernardino County | 904 | 888 | 26.7% |
| 2 | Riverside County | 556 | 556 | 16.4% |
| 3 | Mono County | 548 | 548 | 16.2% |
| 4 | Inyo County | 427 | 427 | 12.6% |
| 5 | Fresno County | 196 | 196 | 5.8% |
| 6 | Stanislaus County | 144 | 144 | 4.2% |
| 7 | Tuolumne County | 113 | 112 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Imperial County | 101 | 101 | 3.0% |
| 9 | Tulare County | 92 | 92 | 2.7% |
| 10 | San Diego County | 59 | 59 | 1.7% |
| 11 | Alpine County | 59 | 58 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Mariposa County | 49 | 49 | 1.4% |
| 13 | Madera County | 45 | 45 | 1.3% |
| 14 | Merced County | 35 | 35 | 1.0% |
| 15 | Ventura County | 25 | 25 | 0.7% |
| 16 | El Dorado County | 11 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Siskiyou County | 6 | 6 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Monterey County | 5 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Santa Barbara County | 5 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Kings County | 4 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Sierra County | 2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Amador County | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Santa Clara County | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Kern County | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Nevada County | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
Strike positions carry the network's mean location error of about 5.6 km, so strikes near a county line can be filed one county over. Method and caveats are on the data hub; the full state table is on the United States page.
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