Lightning strikes in Missouri by county
The detection network has located 205,471 lightning strikes in Missouri since the archive began, including 47,720 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County | 8,102 | 147 | 3.9% |
| 2 | Franklin County | 5,796 | 1,916 | 2.8% |
| 3 | Callaway County | 5,623 | 307 | 2.7% |
| 4 | Dent County | 5,402 | 62 | 2.6% |
| 5 | Boone County | 5,100 | 231 | 2.5% |
| 6 | Gentry County | 5,000 | 4,585 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Shannon County | 4,330 | 1,326 | 2.1% |
| 8 | Putnam County | 4,313 | 37 | 2.1% |
| 9 | Jackson County | 4,158 | 185 | 2.0% |
| 10 | Lafayette County | 4,134 | 325 | 2.0% |
| 11 | Oregon County | 4,054 | 3,378 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Crawford County | 3,935 | 209 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Daviess County | 3,904 | 3,328 | 1.9% |
| 14 | Ray County | 3,868 | 591 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Audrain County | 3,731 | 724 | 1.8% |
| 16 | Cass County | 3,700 | 8 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Reynolds County | 3,569 | 175 | 1.7% |
| 18 | Washington County | 3,560 | 355 | 1.7% |
| 19 | Gasconade County | 3,416 | 684 | 1.7% |
| 20 | Caldwell County | 3,408 | 2,460 | 1.7% |
| 21 | Nodaway County | 3,195 | 2,786 | 1.6% |
| 22 | Clay County | 3,107 | 324 | 1.5% |
| 23 | Bates County | 3,009 | 0 | 1.5% |
| 24 | Saline County | 3,009 | 23 | 1.5% |
| 25 | Ste. Genevieve County | 2,947 | 1,925 | 1.4% |
| 26 | Pettis County | 2,864 | 142 | 1.4% |
| 27 | Howard County | 2,710 | 22 | 1.3% |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 2,649 | 368 | 1.3% |
| 29 | Chariton County | 2,591 | 288 | 1.3% |
| 30 | Carroll County | 2,543 | 114 | 1.2% |
| 31 | Monroe County | 2,540 | 354 | 1.2% |
| 32 | Cooper County | 2,453 | 131 | 1.2% |
| 33 | Morgan County | 2,403 | 89 | 1.2% |
| 34 | Platte County | 2,369 | 99 | 1.2% |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 2,346 | 1,179 | 1.1% |
| 36 | Osage County | 2,273 | 96 | 1.1% |
| 37 | Randolph County | 2,228 | 407 | 1.1% |
| 38 | DeKalb County | 2,132 | 1,727 | 1.0% |
| 39 | Linn County | 2,108 | 192 | 1.0% |
| 40 | Ripley County | 2,077 | 750 | 1.0% |
| 41 | St. Clair County | 2,048 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 42 | Macon County | 2,017 | 284 | 1.0% |
| 43 | Adair County | 1,992 | 393 | 1.0% |
| 44 | Iron County | 1,956 | 191 | 1.0% |
| 45 | Warren County | 1,913 | 687 | 0.9% |
| 46 | Perry County | 1,881 | 1,413 | 0.9% |
| 47 | Cape Girardeau County | 1,707 | 1,455 | 0.8% |
| 48 | Sullivan County | 1,618 | 258 | 0.8% |
| 49 | Mercer County | 1,597 | 32 | 0.8% |
| 50 | Moniteau County | 1,569 | 193 | 0.8% |
| 51 | Miller County | 1,447 | 59 | 0.7% |
| 52 | Clinton County | 1,439 | 192 | 0.7% |
| 53 | Benton County | 1,429 | 35 | 0.7% |
| 54 | St. Francois County | 1,412 | 186 | 0.7% |
| 55 | Douglas County | 1,393 | 336 | 0.7% |
| 56 | Harrison County | 1,340 | 402 | 0.7% |
| 57 | Phelps County | 1,285 | 128 | 0.6% |
| 58 | Butler County | 1,274 | 52 | 0.6% |
| 59 | Webster County | 1,244 | 212 | 0.6% |
| 60 | Clark County | 1,226 | 1,038 | 0.6% |
| 61 | Henry County | 1,209 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 62 | Bollinger County | 1,182 | 740 | 0.6% |
| 63 | Shelby County | 1,178 | 88 | 0.6% |
| 64 | Madison County | 1,143 | 356 | 0.6% |
| 65 | Camden County | 1,139 | 6 | 0.6% |
| 66 | Worth County | 1,105 | 694 | 0.5% |
| 67 | Maries County | 1,027 | 37 | 0.5% |
| 68 | Livingston County | 1,008 | 169 | 0.5% |
| 69 | Ralls County | 1,006 | 108 | 0.5% |
| 70 | Cole County | 1,000 | 44 | 0.5% |
| 71 | St. Charles County | 971 | 336 | 0.5% |
| 72 | Scotland County | 963 | 535 | 0.5% |
| 73 | Knox County | 962 | 299 | 0.5% |
| 74 | Pike County | 961 | 40 | 0.5% |
| 75 | Schuyler County | 921 | 142 | 0.4% |
| 76 | Howell County | 829 | 352 | 0.4% |
| 77 | Buchanan County | 818 | 175 | 0.4% |
| 78 | Texas County | 816 | 229 | 0.4% |
| 79 | Wayne County | 775 | 47 | 0.4% |
| 80 | Holt County | 756 | 467 | 0.4% |
| 81 | Lincoln County | 728 | 277 | 0.4% |
| 82 | Christian County | 706 | 327 | 0.3% |
| 83 | Carter County | 705 | 270 | 0.3% |
| 84 | Greene County | 699 | 198 | 0.3% |
| 85 | Atchison County | 653 | 501 | 0.3% |
| 86 | Grundy County | 650 | 69 | 0.3% |
| 87 | Dunklin County | 604 | 6 | 0.3% |
| 88 | St. Louis County | 585 | 156 | 0.3% |
| 89 | Dallas County | 557 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 90 | Taney County | 526 | 69 | 0.3% |
| 91 | Wright County | 508 | 171 | 0.2% |
| 92 | Andrew County | 494 | 188 | 0.2% |
| 93 | New Madrid County | 493 | 40 | 0.2% |
| 94 | Pulaski County | 492 | 22 | 0.2% |
| 95 | Stoddard County | 488 | 28 | 0.2% |
| 96 | Polk County | 454 | 8 | 0.2% |
| 97 | Ozark County | 398 | 97 | 0.2% |
| 98 | Marion County | 375 | 70 | 0.2% |
| 99 | Barry County | 357 | 164 | 0.2% |
| 100 | Scott County | 350 | 100 | 0.2% |
| 101 | Vernon County | 343 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 102 | Stone County | 332 | 217 | 0.2% |
| 103 | Pemiscot County | 308 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 104 | Hickory County | 292 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 105 | Lewis County | 281 | 68 | 0.1% |
| 106 | Laclede County | 184 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 107 | Mississippi County | 119 | 23 | 0.1% |
| 108 | Cedar County | 104 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 109 | Lawrence County | 99 | 16 | 0.0% |
| 110 | McDonald County | 96 | 66 | 0.0% |
| 111 | Newton County | 88 | 55 | 0.0% |
| 112 | Jasper County | 76 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 113 | Dade County | 49 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 114 | St. Louis city | 40 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 115 | Barton County | 26 | 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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