Lightning strikes in Indiana by county

The detection network has located 216,091 lightning strikes in Indiana since the archive began, including 207,313 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 1,705 strikes fell inside Indiana but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.

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1Henry County6,5166,3303.0%
2Shelby County6,4495,0373.0%
3Pulaski County6,3146,3142.9%
4Madison County5,9075,8212.7%
5Wayne County5,3334,7252.5%
6Randolph County5,1574,7782.4%
7Delaware County5,1275,0322.4%
8Decatur County4,9084,7962.3%
9Rush County4,8633,8502.3%
10Jasper County4,5894,5522.1%
11Tippecanoe County4,3554,3402.0%
12Benton County4,2674,2212.0%
13Wabash County4,1274,1271.9%
14Grant County4,0714,0461.9%
15Ripley County4,0193,9651.9%
16Parke County3,9693,9491.8%
17Wells County3,9333,9261.8%
18Jay County3,7123,6571.7%
19Warren County3,6113,6081.7%
20Huntington County3,2853,2821.5%
21LaPorte County3,0772,9281.4%
22Miami County3,0683,0601.4%
23Allen County3,0603,0461.4%
24Clinton County3,0033,0001.4%
25Fulton County2,9482,9471.4%
26Lake County2,9302,8471.4%
27Cass County2,9062,8981.3%
28Adams County2,8232,8231.3%
29Hancock County2,7522,4521.3%
30White County2,7412,7051.3%
31Putnam County2,6172,5641.2%
32Hamilton County2,5442,4971.2%
33Porter County2,5392,4471.2%
34Vermillion County2,5092,5031.2%
35Fountain County2,4312,4261.1%
36Fayette County2,3861,9501.1%
37Switzerland County2,3482,2711.1%
38Jefferson County2,3212,2641.1%
39Starke County2,2482,2481.0%
40Bartholomew County2,2431,9501.0%
41Marshall County2,2422,2421.0%
42Tipton County2,1962,1861.0%
43Vigo County2,1892,1511.0%
44Lawrence County2,1182,0271.0%
45Knox County2,1152,1141.0%
46Elkhart County2,0842,0831.0%
47Sullivan County2,0611,9721.0%
48Morgan County1,9491,8170.9%
49Pike County1,9091,9070.9%
50Jennings County1,8851,8470.9%
51Franklin County1,8671,5030.9%
52Union County1,8491,6530.9%
53Howard County1,8061,8060.8%
54Newton County1,7991,7450.8%
55St. Joseph County1,7791,7600.8%
56Blackford County1,6701,6670.8%
57Marion County1,5361,4260.7%
58Greene County1,5351,4610.7%
59Brown County1,5209010.7%
60Orange County1,4661,4620.7%
61Washington County1,3951,3940.6%
62Carroll County1,3761,3620.6%
63Montgomery County1,3671,2830.6%
64Johnson County1,3651,1440.6%
65Martin County1,2511,2510.6%
66LaGrange County1,2471,2450.6%
67Jackson County1,2241,2110.6%
68Hendricks County1,1961,0130.6%
69Dearborn County1,1491,0480.5%
70Whitley County1,1301,1300.5%
71Boone County1,1081,0860.5%
72Clay County1,0889930.5%
73Kosciusko County1,0791,0770.5%
74Steuben County1,0671,0650.5%
75Noble County1,0591,0520.5%
76Monroe County1,0298720.5%
77Daviess County9179170.4%
78Gibson County9149130.4%
79Owen County8518030.4%
80DeKalb County7987810.4%
81Spencer County7967890.4%
82Clark County7417300.3%
83Vanderburgh County6856830.3%
84Scott County6776740.3%
85Dubois County5935910.3%
86Harrison County5845680.3%
87Ohio County5165080.2%
88Perry County4514400.2%
89Posey County3793570.2%
90Warrick County3673660.2%
91Crawford County3063030.1%
92Floyd County100990.0%

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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