Lightning strikes in Colorado by county
The detection network has located 75,850 lightning strikes in Colorado since the archive began, including 27,463 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Animas County | 11,688 | 2,222 | 15.4% |
| 2 | Cheyenne County | 4,735 | 779 | 6.2% |
| 3 | Baca County | 4,693 | 593 | 6.2% |
| 4 | Pueblo County | 3,681 | 412 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Douglas County | 3,375 | 503 | 4.4% |
| 6 | Elbert County | 2,698 | 2,176 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 2,319 | 1,369 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Sedgwick County | 2,118 | 2,108 | 2.8% |
| 9 | Park County | 2,069 | 706 | 2.7% |
| 10 | Otero County | 2,022 | 212 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Washington County | 1,979 | 1,929 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Huerfano County | 1,930 | 327 | 2.5% |
| 13 | Yuma County | 1,758 | 1,537 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Logan County | 1,740 | 1,636 | 2.3% |
| 15 | El Paso County | 1,666 | 753 | 2.2% |
| 16 | Prowers County | 1,637 | 388 | 2.2% |
| 17 | Kiowa County | 1,629 | 346 | 2.1% |
| 18 | Phillips County | 1,592 | 1,536 | 2.1% |
| 19 | Fremont County | 1,542 | 188 | 2.0% |
| 20 | Crowley County | 1,486 | 101 | 2.0% |
| 21 | Weld County | 1,308 | 939 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Rio Blanco County | 1,098 | 147 | 1.4% |
| 23 | Arapahoe County | 1,050 | 204 | 1.4% |
| 24 | Teller County | 1,034 | 184 | 1.4% |
| 25 | Bent County | 963 | 323 | 1.3% |
| 26 | Saguache County | 877 | 281 | 1.2% |
| 27 | Garfield County | 738 | 158 | 1.0% |
| 28 | Mesa County | 666 | 327 | 0.9% |
| 29 | Costilla County | 658 | 89 | 0.9% |
| 30 | Adams County | 609 | 201 | 0.8% |
| 31 | Jefferson County | 600 | 365 | 0.8% |
| 32 | Clear Creek County | 569 | 246 | 0.8% |
| 33 | Morgan County | 555 | 517 | 0.7% |
| 34 | Eagle County | 553 | 308 | 0.7% |
| 35 | Kit Carson County | 509 | 234 | 0.7% |
| 36 | Custer County | 496 | 140 | 0.7% |
| 37 | Ouray County | 467 | 113 | 0.6% |
| 38 | Gunnison County | 442 | 177 | 0.6% |
| 39 | Larimer County | 437 | 93 | 0.6% |
| 40 | Pitkin County | 432 | 105 | 0.6% |
| 41 | Hinsdale County | 418 | 138 | 0.6% |
| 42 | Grand County | 396 | 217 | 0.5% |
| 43 | Chaffee County | 387 | 204 | 0.5% |
| 44 | Routt County | 345 | 71 | 0.5% |
| 45 | Montezuma County | 345 | 74 | 0.5% |
| 46 | Conejos County | 340 | 79 | 0.4% |
| 47 | Moffat County | 337 | 138 | 0.4% |
| 48 | Montrose County | 298 | 259 | 0.4% |
| 49 | Mineral County | 297 | 100 | 0.4% |
| 50 | Summit County | 297 | 131 | 0.4% |
| 51 | Gilpin County | 270 | 113 | 0.4% |
| 52 | Lake County | 253 | 92 | 0.3% |
| 53 | San Miguel County | 234 | 198 | 0.3% |
| 54 | Rio Grande County | 217 | 100 | 0.3% |
| 55 | La Plata County | 182 | 168 | 0.2% |
| 56 | Jackson County | 162 | 108 | 0.2% |
| 57 | Boulder County | 123 | 47 | 0.2% |
| 58 | Denver County | 118 | 9 | 0.2% |
| 59 | Archuleta County | 108 | 87 | 0.1% |
| 60 | Delta County | 107 | 53 | 0.1% |
| 61 | Dolores County | 89 | 64 | 0.1% |
| 62 | San Juan County | 70 | 38 | 0.1% |
| 63 | Alamosa County | 37 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 64 | Broomfield County | 2 | 0 | 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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