Lightning strikes in North Dakota by county
The detection network has located 25,911 lightning strikes in North Dakota since the archive began, including 7,892 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Forks County | 1,646 | 0 | 6.4% |
| 2 | Hettinger County | 1,636 | 686 | 6.3% |
| 3 | Morton County | 1,385 | 960 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Burleigh County | 1,360 | 301 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Wells County | 1,280 | 1 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Grant County | 1,162 | 619 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Stutsman County | 1,012 | 476 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Walsh County | 953 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Cass County | 910 | 242 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Adams County | 884 | 503 | 3.4% |
| 11 | Kidder County | 870 | 221 | 3.4% |
| 12 | Slope County | 700 | 615 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Nelson County | 669 | 6 | 2.6% |
| 14 | LaMoure County | 665 | 174 | 2.6% |
| 15 | Emmons County | 649 | 483 | 2.5% |
| 16 | Eddy County | 628 | 4 | 2.4% |
| 17 | Logan County | 619 | 358 | 2.4% |
| 18 | Barnes County | 609 | 227 | 2.4% |
| 19 | Richland County | 582 | 14 | 2.2% |
| 20 | McLean County | 513 | 62 | 2.0% |
| 21 | Pembina County | 448 | 0 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Foster County | 446 | 19 | 1.7% |
| 23 | McIntosh County | 443 | 172 | 1.7% |
| 24 | Sioux County | 429 | 341 | 1.7% |
| 25 | Bowman County | 385 | 296 | 1.5% |
| 26 | Sheridan County | 365 | 18 | 1.4% |
| 27 | Dickey County | 347 | 143 | 1.3% |
| 28 | Stark County | 309 | 148 | 1.2% |
| 29 | Benson County | 301 | 23 | 1.2% |
| 30 | Ramsey County | 300 | 4 | 1.2% |
| 31 | Ransom County | 300 | 79 | 1.2% |
| 32 | Cavalier County | 282 | 0 | 1.1% |
| 33 | Billings County | 278 | 118 | 1.1% |
| 34 | Ward County | 274 | 126 | 1.1% |
| 35 | Griggs County | 264 | 28 | 1.0% |
| 36 | Steele County | 262 | 15 | 1.0% |
| 37 | Traill County | 261 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 38 | Pierce County | 223 | 31 | 0.9% |
| 39 | Golden Valley County | 215 | 42 | 0.8% |
| 40 | Sargent County | 193 | 86 | 0.7% |
| 41 | McHenry County | 176 | 39 | 0.7% |
| 42 | Mountrail County | 173 | 54 | 0.7% |
| 43 | Towner County | 123 | 7 | 0.5% |
| 44 | Dunn County | 81 | 38 | 0.3% |
| 45 | McKenzie County | 58 | 37 | 0.2% |
| 46 | Oliver County | 58 | 3 | 0.2% |
| 47 | Williams County | 49 | 45 | 0.2% |
| 48 | Mercer County | 47 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 49 | Renville County | 47 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 50 | Rolette County | 22 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 51 | Bottineau County | 14 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 52 | Divide County | 6 | 4 | 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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