Lightning strikes in Georgia by county

The detection network has located 185,841 lightning strikes in Georgia since the archive began, including 80,759 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 94 strikes fell inside Georgia but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.

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1Charlton County7,5763,5554.1%
2Burke County7,2301,0993.9%
3McIntosh County5,3803,7532.9%
4Glynn County5,1323,4562.8%
5Chatham County5,0212,8992.7%
6Camden County4,7353,1022.5%
7Brantley County4,6322,6062.5%
8Ware County4,4402,2692.4%
9Washington County4,2471,2082.3%
10Liberty County4,0812,3582.2%
11Clinch County3,2401,7691.7%
12Emanuel County3,1131,3141.7%
13Laurens County3,0641,2201.6%
14Wilkinson County2,7621,1991.5%
15Bulloch County2,6833501.4%
16Jenkins County2,6453591.4%
17Effingham County2,4924851.3%
18Long County2,4417721.3%
19Bryan County2,3891,4201.3%
20Screven County2,3676151.3%
21Lowndes County2,1605131.2%
22Wayne County1,7651,0350.9%
23Jefferson County1,7074370.9%
24Decatur County1,5854050.9%
25Dougherty County1,5482760.8%
26Johnson County1,5265470.8%
27Fulton County1,4849200.8%
28Coweta County1,4761,0130.8%
29Meriwether County1,4361,0200.8%
30Echols County1,3754530.7%
31Dodge County1,3615160.7%
32Fannin County1,3556330.7%
33Worth County1,3224650.7%
34Columbia County1,3004820.7%
35Coffee County1,2774430.7%
36Pierce County1,2617670.7%
37Cobb County1,2505090.7%
38Atkinson County1,2083840.7%
39Thomas County1,2065840.6%
40Union County1,1863450.6%
41Walker County1,1755130.6%
42Berrien County1,1663980.6%
43Cherokee County1,1647100.6%
44Baker County1,1501250.6%
45Brooks County1,1274370.6%
46Hancock County1,1256070.6%
47Marion County1,1156540.6%
48Colquitt County1,1095120.6%
49Murray County1,1054340.6%
50Bartow County1,0921480.6%
51Sumter County1,0617160.6%
52Warren County1,0482600.6%
53Early County1,0461480.6%
54Candler County1,0365620.6%
55Harris County1,0018620.5%
56Schley County1,0005830.5%
57Taylor County9863260.5%
58Talbot County9866090.5%
59Newton County9865150.5%
60McDuffie County9752600.5%
61Grady County9743180.5%
62Gordon County9707400.5%
63Henry County9614500.5%
64Houston County9266000.5%
65Calhoun County923700.5%
66Richmond County9182260.5%
67Upson County9183300.5%
68Paulding County9093030.5%
69Gilmer County8994280.5%
70Miller County8931260.5%
71Catoosa County8911070.5%
72Greene County8757000.5%
73Macon County8634490.5%
74Baldwin County8613210.5%
75Telfair County848860.5%
76Bibb County8465190.5%
77Twiggs County8306170.4%
78Chattooga County8274420.4%
79Stewart County8253730.4%
80Carroll County8085300.4%
81Lanier County8033230.4%
82Putnam County7945830.4%
83Seminole County7781880.4%
84Walton County7712150.4%
85Irwin County7692940.4%
86Appling County7666310.4%
87Whitfield County7653350.4%
88Mitchell County7371980.4%
89Jones County7261810.4%
90Taliaferro County7222770.4%
91Tattnall County6973340.4%
92Wheeler County652340.4%
93Morgan County6484320.3%
94Monroe County6463610.3%
95Wilcox County6392790.3%
96Randolph County6322260.3%
97Forsyth County6234320.3%
98Crisp County6203930.3%
99Floyd County6112050.3%
100Rabun County6072200.3%
101Troup County6042980.3%
102Ben Hill County5973070.3%
103Cook County5943860.3%
104Terrell County5901340.3%
105Polk County5831430.3%
106Heard County5813580.3%
107Muscogee County5755250.3%
108Gwinnett County5743210.3%
109Rockdale County5732260.3%
110Lumpkin County5732350.3%
111Dooly County5721910.3%
112Wilkes County5671510.3%
113Jasper County5521890.3%
114Tift County5492020.3%
115Hall County5411850.3%
116Haralson County5402520.3%
117Crawford County5382020.3%
118Chattahoochee County5223410.3%
119DeKalb County516840.3%
120Treutlen County511670.3%
121Jackson County498950.3%
122Turner County4901600.3%
123Webster County4832920.3%
124Glascock County4732190.3%
125Habersham County4701420.3%
126White County4641640.2%
127Peach County4512530.2%
128Toombs County449460.2%
129Towns County4422030.2%
130Bleckley County4411860.2%
131Evans County435600.2%
132Pickens County4152390.2%
133Barrow County4121420.2%
134Lincoln County407800.2%
135Fayette County3682340.2%
136Pulaski County3671930.2%
137Banks County3501200.2%
138Dade County3431350.2%
139Douglas County3401170.2%
140Montgomery County339780.2%
141Pike County3382460.2%
142Bacon County3231650.2%
143Lee County3202140.2%
144Clayton County3081170.2%
145Elbert County308710.2%
146Dawson County2991910.2%
147Butts County2962020.2%
148Spalding County2831440.2%
149Oglethorpe County253270.1%
150Jeff Davis County240530.1%
151Quitman County2021100.1%
152Lamar County1991330.1%
153Clay County194240.1%
154Franklin County164500.1%
155Stephens County153760.1%
156Clarke County150100.1%
157Hart County119350.1%
158Oconee County116260.1%
159Madison County111390.1%

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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