Lightning strikes in Montana by county
The detection network has located 16,374 lightning strikes in Montana since the archive began, including 6,078 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Custer County | 2,637 | 109 | 16.1% |
| 2 | Garfield County | 1,367 | 419 | 8.3% |
| 3 | Prairie County | 1,057 | 129 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Rosebud County | 915 | 207 | 5.6% |
| 5 | Fallon County | 767 | 82 | 4.7% |
| 6 | Big Horn County | 743 | 173 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Dawson County | 522 | 149 | 3.2% |
| 8 | Yellowstone County | 500 | 322 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Lewis and Clark County | 477 | 397 | 2.9% |
| 10 | Carter County | 418 | 148 | 2.6% |
| 11 | McCone County | 403 | 55 | 2.5% |
| 12 | Powell County | 358 | 316 | 2.2% |
| 13 | Beaverhead County | 356 | 263 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Valley County | 344 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Roosevelt County | 325 | 26 | 2.0% |
| 16 | Wibaux County | 314 | 22 | 1.9% |
| 17 | Meagher County | 312 | 243 | 1.9% |
| 18 | Broadwater County | 302 | 219 | 1.8% |
| 19 | Ravalli County | 264 | 141 | 1.6% |
| 20 | Petroleum County | 248 | 231 | 1.5% |
| 21 | Madison County | 245 | 176 | 1.5% |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 234 | 157 | 1.4% |
| 23 | Gallatin County | 232 | 87 | 1.4% |
| 24 | Richland County | 230 | 48 | 1.4% |
| 25 | Missoula County | 228 | 228 | 1.4% |
| 26 | Park County | 222 | 86 | 1.4% |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 221 | 221 | 1.3% |
| 28 | Fergus County | 197 | 191 | 1.2% |
| 29 | Cascade County | 193 | 193 | 1.2% |
| 30 | Granite County | 182 | 127 | 1.1% |
| 31 | Carbon County | 174 | 81 | 1.1% |
| 32 | Musselshell County | 170 | 33 | 1.0% |
| 33 | Powder River County | 169 | 42 | 1.0% |
| 34 | Judith Basin County | 147 | 131 | 0.9% |
| 35 | Sweet Grass County | 131 | 78 | 0.8% |
| 36 | Stillwater County | 113 | 71 | 0.7% |
| 37 | Wheatland County | 102 | 80 | 0.6% |
| 38 | Golden Valley County | 94 | 68 | 0.6% |
| 39 | Silver Bow County | 77 | 62 | 0.5% |
| 40 | Phillips County | 76 | 49 | 0.5% |
| 41 | Sheridan County | 56 | 6 | 0.3% |
| 42 | Deer Lodge County | 45 | 38 | 0.3% |
| 43 | Blaine County | 41 | 29 | 0.3% |
| 44 | Flathead County | 41 | 40 | 0.3% |
| 45 | Chouteau County | 35 | 35 | 0.2% |
| 46 | Glacier County | 28 | 25 | 0.2% |
| 47 | Treasure County | 25 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 48 | Lake County | 21 | 21 | 0.1% |
| 49 | Daniels County | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 50 | Teton County | 6 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 51 | Sanders County | 3 | 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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