Lightning strikes in Kansas by county

The detection network has located 113,969 lightning strikes in Kansas since the archive began, including 33,673 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.

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1Saline County4,3624,1813.8%
2Lyon County4,2452503.7%
3Coffey County4,202553.7%
4Dickinson County3,7673,3283.3%
5Anderson County3,52923.1%
6Johnson County2,9942342.6%
7Smith County2,800982.5%
8Wichita County2,7662,1022.4%
9Lane County2,5941,1122.3%
10Linn County2,58722.3%
11Barber County2,422472.1%
12Comanche County2,354192.1%
13Wabaunsee County2,3101452.0%
14Ness County2,2345582.0%
15Reno County2,1895941.9%
16Osage County2,1231511.9%
17Logan County2,0699261.8%
18Douglas County1,959381.7%
19Scott County1,9007331.7%
20Thomas County1,8971,2861.7%
21Washington County1,853551.6%
22Wallace County1,7855791.6%
23Leavenworth County1,756181.5%
24Geary County1,7171,3261.5%
25Franklin County1,687721.5%
26Jefferson County1,656501.5%
27McPherson County1,6111,5831.4%
28Riley County1,6036791.4%
29Gove County1,5681,2671.4%
30Ottawa County1,5051,0991.3%
31Ellsworth County1,4751,4181.3%
32Marshall County1,4371771.3%
33Sherman County1,3441581.2%
34Hodgeman County1,317831.2%
35Nemaha County1,3151541.2%
36Miami County1,288191.1%
37Kiowa County1,21831.1%
38Jewell County1,197621.1%
39Jackson County1,1111231.0%
40Sheridan County1,1029591.0%
41Morris County1,0921481.0%
42Republic County1,069380.9%
43Phillips County1,0532680.9%
44Pottawatomie County9361770.8%
45Edwards County890180.8%
46Shawnee County829510.7%
47Harper County82800.7%
48Hamilton County7931330.7%
49Barton County7936160.7%
50Greenwood County77520.7%
51Pawnee County7731740.7%
52Trego County7584010.7%
53Finney County7401670.6%
54Brown County7261990.6%
55Atchison County715500.6%
56Clay County7091450.6%
57Cheyenne County6932460.6%
58Rawlins County6904520.6%
59Rush County6893090.6%
60Greeley County6734620.6%
61Russell County6523520.6%
62Doniphan County5961380.5%
63Decatur County5964520.5%
64Ford County571210.5%
65Chase County550230.5%
66Cloud County548590.5%
67Rice County5213160.5%
68Norton County5072960.4%
69Stanton County494110.4%
70Kearny County4881300.4%
71Osborne County420520.4%
72Mitchell County411570.4%
73Rooks County3943080.3%
74Clark County386180.3%
75Kingman County3813060.3%
76Lincoln County3812430.3%
77Wyandotte County380160.3%
78Gray County363520.3%
79Pratt County335850.3%
80Marion County3202630.3%
81Graham County2972650.3%
82Grant County287190.3%
83Elk County27600.2%
84Stafford County2751040.2%
85Haskell County27410.2%
86Ellis County2591330.2%
87Morton County249110.2%
88Sedgwick County21710.2%
89Cherokee County21110.2%
90Woodson County19900.2%
91Bourbon County17130.2%
92Meade County169300.1%
93Allen County16500.1%
94Harvey County141920.1%
95Sumner County10000.1%
96Seward County61130.1%
97Butler County5900.1%
98Cowley County5600.0%
99Wilson County4200.0%
100Stevens County3900.0%
101Labette County2400.0%
102Montgomery County1110.0%
103Neosho County1000.0%
104Crawford County600.0%
105Chautauqua County500.0%

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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