Lightning strikes in Louisiana by county
The detection network has located 41,863 lightning strikes in Louisiana since the archive began, including 20,590 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 245 strikes fell inside Louisiana but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrebonne Parish | 4,517 | 1,070 | 10.8% |
| 2 | Vermilion Parish | 2,606 | 1,406 | 6.2% |
| 3 | Beauregard Parish | 2,219 | 2,100 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Cameron Parish | 1,939 | 1,201 | 4.6% |
| 5 | St. Mary Parish | 1,918 | 309 | 4.6% |
| 6 | Calcasieu Parish | 1,440 | 1,345 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Rapides Parish | 1,369 | 1,206 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Iberia Parish | 1,272 | 301 | 3.0% |
| 9 | Lafourche Parish | 1,270 | 569 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Ouachita Parish | 1,069 | 695 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Plaquemines Parish | 1,035 | 546 | 2.5% |
| 12 | Livingston Parish | 933 | 592 | 2.2% |
| 13 | Vernon Parish | 806 | 380 | 1.9% |
| 14 | St. Martin Parish | 804 | 404 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Union Parish | 762 | 356 | 1.8% |
| 16 | Orleans Parish | 734 | 219 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Assumption Parish | 600 | 191 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Avoyelles Parish | 594 | 353 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Iberville Parish | 575 | 137 | 1.4% |
| 20 | Morehouse Parish | 569 | 263 | 1.4% |
| 21 | Jefferson Parish | 568 | 195 | 1.4% |
| 22 | Winn Parish | 567 | 117 | 1.4% |
| 23 | Bienville Parish | 557 | 123 | 1.3% |
| 24 | St. Bernard Parish | 555 | 330 | 1.3% |
| 25 | Claiborne Parish | 546 | 441 | 1.3% |
| 26 | St. James Parish | 537 | 149 | 1.3% |
| 27 | St. Tammany Parish | 527 | 222 | 1.3% |
| 28 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 504 | 200 | 1.2% |
| 29 | Jackson Parish | 502 | 336 | 1.2% |
| 30 | Grant Parish | 486 | 352 | 1.2% |
| 31 | Washington Parish | 482 | 105 | 1.2% |
| 32 | West Feliciana Parish | 472 | 386 | 1.1% |
| 33 | East Feliciana Parish | 438 | 207 | 1.0% |
| 34 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 399 | 337 | 1.0% |
| 35 | Richland Parish | 392 | 159 | 0.9% |
| 36 | Allen Parish | 391 | 342 | 0.9% |
| 37 | Concordia Parish | 383 | 35 | 0.9% |
| 38 | Catahoula Parish | 377 | 112 | 0.9% |
| 39 | La Salle Parish | 377 | 116 | 0.9% |
| 40 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 371 | 155 | 0.9% |
| 41 | St. Charles Parish | 354 | 223 | 0.8% |
| 42 | Tangipahoa Parish | 334 | 79 | 0.8% |
| 43 | Madison Parish | 330 | 23 | 0.8% |
| 44 | Natchitoches Parish | 324 | 139 | 0.8% |
| 45 | Evangeline Parish | 296 | 243 | 0.7% |
| 46 | St. Landry Parish | 257 | 128 | 0.6% |
| 47 | West Carroll Parish | 249 | 79 | 0.6% |
| 48 | Franklin Parish | 240 | 29 | 0.6% |
| 49 | Tensas Parish | 230 | 49 | 0.5% |
| 50 | St. Helena Parish | 227 | 120 | 0.5% |
| 51 | Webster Parish | 222 | 172 | 0.5% |
| 52 | Acadia Parish | 193 | 179 | 0.5% |
| 53 | Red River Parish | 188 | 156 | 0.4% |
| 54 | Ascension Parish | 187 | 45 | 0.4% |
| 55 | Caldwell Parish | 184 | 15 | 0.4% |
| 56 | Caddo Parish | 171 | 146 | 0.4% |
| 57 | East Carroll Parish | 166 | 57 | 0.4% |
| 58 | De Soto Parish | 164 | 63 | 0.4% |
| 59 | Lafayette Parish | 157 | 122 | 0.4% |
| 60 | Lincoln Parish | 154 | 60 | 0.4% |
| 61 | Sabine Parish | 153 | 47 | 0.4% |
| 62 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 147 | 92 | 0.4% |
| 63 | Bossier Parish | 122 | 117 | 0.3% |
| 64 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 107 | 73 | 0.3% |
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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