Lightning strikes in Idaho by county
The detection network has located 2,849 lightning strikes in Idaho since the archive began, including 962 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bingham County | 364 | 33 | 12.8% |
| 2 | Custer County | 287 | 64 | 10.1% |
| 3 | Caribou County | 232 | 35 | 8.1% |
| 4 | Bonneville County | 231 | 27 | 8.1% |
| 5 | Cassia County | 220 | 21 | 7.7% |
| 6 | Bannock County | 159 | 8 | 5.6% |
| 7 | Fremont County | 148 | 135 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 140 | 7 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Boundary County | 128 | 128 | 4.5% |
| 10 | Power County | 116 | 12 | 4.1% |
| 11 | Clark County | 115 | 70 | 4.0% |
| 12 | Idaho County | 114 | 104 | 4.0% |
| 13 | Valley County | 80 | 75 | 2.8% |
| 14 | Butte County | 76 | 13 | 2.7% |
| 15 | Oneida County | 76 | 37 | 2.7% |
| 16 | Lemhi County | 70 | 35 | 2.5% |
| 17 | Madison County | 48 | 5 | 1.7% |
| 18 | Bear Lake County | 46 | 17 | 1.6% |
| 19 | Bonner County | 34 | 34 | 1.2% |
| 20 | Teton County | 31 | 13 | 1.1% |
| 21 | Blaine County | 22 | 9 | 0.8% |
| 22 | Twin Falls County | 21 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Washington County | 17 | 17 | 0.6% |
| 24 | Payette County | 14 | 14 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Adams County | 13 | 13 | 0.5% |
| 26 | Gem County | 11 | 11 | 0.4% |
| 27 | Franklin County | 10 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 28 | Owyhee County | 7 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 29 | Boise County | 7 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 30 | Canyon County | 6 | 6 | 0.2% |
| 31 | Ada County | 3 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 32 | Minidoka County | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 33 | Camas County | 1 | 0 | 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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