Lightning strikes in South Carolina by county
The detection network has located 100,631 lightning strikes in South Carolina since the archive began, including 39,625 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary. Another 64 strikes fell inside South Carolina but outside every county polygon, mostly over coastal or lake water.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston County | 7,956 | 4,297 | 7.9% |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 6,829 | 2,929 | 6.8% |
| 3 | Beaufort County | 5,872 | 4,210 | 5.8% |
| 4 | Colleton County | 4,772 | 2,643 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Georgetown County | 4,336 | 3,002 | 4.3% |
| 6 | Jasper County | 4,209 | 1,832 | 4.2% |
| 7 | Barnwell County | 3,914 | 180 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Orangeburg County | 3,776 | 1,007 | 3.8% |
| 9 | Dorchester County | 3,154 | 1,439 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Marion County | 2,795 | 688 | 2.8% |
| 11 | Richland County | 2,600 | 572 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Aiken County | 2,547 | 782 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Horry County | 2,339 | 1,186 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Florence County | 2,266 | 555 | 2.3% |
| 15 | York County | 2,184 | 1,047 | 2.2% |
| 16 | Williamsburg County | 2,144 | 896 | 2.1% |
| 17 | Spartanburg County | 2,123 | 1,598 | 2.1% |
| 18 | Kershaw County | 1,986 | 86 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Greenville County | 1,755 | 1,221 | 1.7% |
| 20 | Hampton County | 1,712 | 478 | 1.7% |
| 21 | Bamberg County | 1,692 | 610 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Clarendon County | 1,633 | 838 | 1.6% |
| 23 | Sumter County | 1,624 | 259 | 1.6% |
| 24 | Lancaster County | 1,497 | 83 | 1.5% |
| 25 | Chester County | 1,448 | 293 | 1.4% |
| 26 | Edgefield County | 1,445 | 264 | 1.4% |
| 27 | Lexington County | 1,431 | 212 | 1.4% |
| 28 | Darlington County | 1,425 | 530 | 1.4% |
| 29 | Laurens County | 1,359 | 543 | 1.4% |
| 30 | Newberry County | 1,348 | 325 | 1.3% |
| 31 | Fairfield County | 1,332 | 113 | 1.3% |
| 32 | Chesterfield County | 1,328 | 166 | 1.3% |
| 33 | Oconee County | 1,293 | 718 | 1.3% |
| 34 | Lee County | 1,288 | 61 | 1.3% |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 1,268 | 796 | 1.3% |
| 36 | Union County | 1,220 | 705 | 1.2% |
| 37 | Anderson County | 1,151 | 242 | 1.1% |
| 38 | Calhoun County | 1,080 | 413 | 1.1% |
| 39 | Marlboro County | 1,074 | 500 | 1.1% |
| 40 | Abbeville County | 1,037 | 238 | 1.0% |
| 41 | Allendale County | 973 | 96 | 1.0% |
| 42 | Pickens County | 915 | 231 | 0.9% |
| 43 | Saluda County | 845 | 92 | 0.8% |
| 44 | Greenwood County | 542 | 38 | 0.5% |
| 45 | Dillon County | 539 | 467 | 0.5% |
| 46 | McCormick County | 511 | 105 | 0.5% |
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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