Lightning strikes in Arkansas by county

The detection network has located 55,740 lightning strikes in Arkansas since the archive began, including 14,622 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.

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1Garland County2,9283095.3%
2Montgomery County2,5961374.7%
3Drew County2,5372924.6%
4Cleveland County2,3463904.2%
5Saline County2,126313.8%
6Bradley County1,9814013.6%
7Pike County1,8731,3463.4%
8Calhoun County1,7084913.1%
9Greene County1,647253.0%
10Newton County1,6427322.9%
11Mississippi County1,544252.8%
12Pope County1,4915232.7%
13Perry County1,415802.5%
14Arkansas County1,369132.5%
15Polk County1,3534332.4%
16Ouachita County1,3049392.3%
17Yell County1,2681362.3%
18Pulaski County1,20562.2%
19Jefferson County1,200312.2%
20Ashley County1,0882452.0%
21Dallas County1,0253251.8%
22Clark County9144531.6%
23Union County9006081.6%
24Clay County8341511.5%
25Howard County8317241.5%
26Randolph County7942141.4%
27Scott County773141.4%
28Sevier County7657601.4%
29Madison County7352961.3%
30Carroll County7253681.3%
31Johnson County7171261.3%
32Columbia County6986151.3%
33Marion County6751381.2%
34Grant County661571.2%
35Lincoln County652501.2%
36Hot Spring County6052711.1%
37Fulton County605881.1%
38Lonoke County591221.1%
39Boone County5022980.9%
40Miller County4844830.9%
41Hempstead County4813310.9%
42Baxter County4301640.8%
43Franklin County390130.7%
44Little River County3333330.6%
45Searcy County287910.5%
46Van Buren County285440.5%
47Prairie County283280.5%
48Stone County27200.5%
49Izard County26270.5%
50Benton County260490.5%
51Logan County259400.5%
52Nevada County2591760.5%
53St. Francis County2401840.4%
54Crawford County224250.4%
55Lawrence County20740.4%
56Chicot County191260.3%
57Sebastian County18280.3%
58Crittenden County1741090.3%
59Craighead County17140.3%
60Sharp County168180.3%
61Desha County14500.3%
62Lafayette County1321070.2%
63Cross County116650.2%
64Conway County115420.2%
65Faulkner County111260.2%
66Independence County10700.2%
67Poinsett County10560.2%
68Phillips County9970.2%
69Cleburne County97170.2%
70Monroe County74160.1%
71White County5070.1%
72Washington County44130.1%
73Woodruff County37110.1%
74Lee County3750.1%
75Jackson County600.0%

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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