Lightning strikes in West Virginia by county
The detection network has located 83,999 lightning strikes in West Virginia since the archive began, including 70,192 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 5,014 | 3,952 | 6.0% |
| 2 | Randolph County | 3,992 | 3,902 | 4.8% |
| 3 | Ritchie County | 3,727 | 3,556 | 4.4% |
| 4 | Jackson County | 3,252 | 2,901 | 3.9% |
| 5 | Fayette County | 3,102 | 2,284 | 3.7% |
| 6 | Mason County | 2,971 | 2,182 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Wood County | 2,635 | 2,139 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Roane County | 2,129 | 1,514 | 2.5% |
| 9 | Greenbrier County | 2,116 | 1,221 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Mingo County | 2,071 | 1,873 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Tyler County | 2,055 | 1,974 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Preston County | 2,031 | 1,933 | 2.4% |
| 13 | Putnam County | 2,007 | 1,779 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Gilmer County | 1,932 | 1,697 | 2.3% |
| 15 | Hampshire County | 1,875 | 1,618 | 2.2% |
| 16 | Wirt County | 1,860 | 1,588 | 2.2% |
| 17 | Wayne County | 1,814 | 1,437 | 2.2% |
| 18 | Boone County | 1,690 | 1,566 | 2.0% |
| 19 | Tucker County | 1,656 | 1,616 | 2.0% |
| 20 | Doddridge County | 1,575 | 1,448 | 1.9% |
| 21 | Nicholas County | 1,525 | 1,091 | 1.8% |
| 22 | Wetzel County | 1,518 | 1,253 | 1.8% |
| 23 | Raleigh County | 1,478 | 1,322 | 1.8% |
| 24 | Barbour County | 1,474 | 1,406 | 1.8% |
| 25 | Upshur County | 1,451 | 1,278 | 1.7% |
| 26 | Marshall County | 1,444 | 1,253 | 1.7% |
| 27 | Harrison County | 1,437 | 1,327 | 1.7% |
| 28 | Pleasants County | 1,399 | 1,379 | 1.7% |
| 29 | Monongalia County | 1,395 | 1,074 | 1.7% |
| 30 | Logan County | 1,335 | 1,248 | 1.6% |
| 31 | Grant County | 1,310 | 1,280 | 1.6% |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 1,281 | 1,183 | 1.5% |
| 33 | Cabell County | 1,263 | 1,069 | 1.5% |
| 34 | Lewis County | 1,193 | 1,072 | 1.4% |
| 35 | Calhoun County | 1,175 | 898 | 1.4% |
| 36 | Pocahontas County | 1,095 | 845 | 1.3% |
| 37 | Clay County | 989 | 750 | 1.2% |
| 38 | Hardy County | 982 | 898 | 1.2% |
| 39 | Mineral County | 933 | 833 | 1.1% |
| 40 | Ohio County | 927 | 847 | 1.1% |
| 41 | Marion County | 873 | 789 | 1.0% |
| 42 | Braxton County | 826 | 690 | 1.0% |
| 43 | Pendleton County | 720 | 378 | 0.9% |
| 44 | Webster County | 710 | 505 | 0.8% |
| 45 | Hancock County | 647 | 289 | 0.8% |
| 46 | Wyoming County | 629 | 584 | 0.7% |
| 47 | Brooke County | 624 | 420 | 0.7% |
| 48 | Summers County | 599 | 298 | 0.7% |
| 49 | Monroe County | 579 | 324 | 0.7% |
| 50 | Mercer County | 566 | 70 | 0.7% |
| 51 | McDowell County | 548 | 196 | 0.7% |
| 52 | Berkeley County | 517 | 329 | 0.6% |
| 53 | Morgan County | 450 | 406 | 0.5% |
| 54 | Taylor County | 437 | 352 | 0.5% |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 166 | 76 | 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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