Lightning strikes in Nevada by county
The detection network has located 10,760 lightning strikes in Nevada since the archive began, including 9,535 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nye County | 2,037 | 2,002 | 18.9% |
| 2 | Lincoln County | 1,841 | 988 | 17.1% |
| 3 | Churchill County | 1,259 | 1,259 | 11.7% |
| 4 | White Pine County | 1,214 | 1,201 | 11.3% |
| 5 | Lander County | 880 | 880 | 8.2% |
| 6 | Clark County | 737 | 426 | 6.8% |
| 7 | Eureka County | 444 | 444 | 4.1% |
| 8 | Elko County | 423 | 410 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Mineral County | 384 | 384 | 3.6% |
| 10 | Pershing County | 373 | 373 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Lyon County | 321 | 321 | 3.0% |
| 12 | Humboldt County | 216 | 216 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Washoe County | 215 | 215 | 2.0% |
| 14 | Douglas County | 200 | 200 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Esmeralda County | 161 | 161 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Storey County | 34 | 34 | 0.3% |
| 17 | Carson City | 21 | 21 | 0.2% |
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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