Lightning strikes in Wyoming by county
The detection network has located 13,254 lightning strikes in Wyoming since the archive began, including 6,829 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campbell County | 2,470 | 714 | 18.6% |
| 2 | Weston County | 1,520 | 1,341 | 11.5% |
| 3 | Johnson County | 1,202 | 268 | 9.1% |
| 4 | Natrona County | 1,016 | 991 | 7.7% |
| 5 | Converse County | 878 | 266 | 6.6% |
| 6 | Laramie County | 806 | 386 | 6.1% |
| 7 | Goshen County | 696 | 545 | 5.3% |
| 8 | Albany County | 654 | 172 | 4.9% |
| 9 | Fremont County | 538 | 471 | 4.1% |
| 10 | Sweetwater County | 477 | 465 | 3.6% |
| 11 | Crook County | 452 | 153 | 3.4% |
| 12 | Platte County | 444 | 67 | 3.3% |
| 13 | Carbon County | 425 | 363 | 3.2% |
| 14 | Niobrara County | 372 | 117 | 2.8% |
| 15 | Park County | 363 | 175 | 2.7% |
| 16 | Teton County | 225 | 130 | 1.7% |
| 17 | Sheridan County | 188 | 7 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 182 | 55 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Uinta County | 115 | 91 | 0.9% |
| 20 | Sublette County | 87 | 41 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Big Horn County | 85 | 2 | 0.6% |
| 22 | Hot Springs County | 49 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 23 | Washakie County | 10 | 8 | 0.1% |
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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