Lightning strikes in Oklahoma by county
The detection network has located 14,351 lightning strikes in Oklahoma since the archive began, including 1,698 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Flore County | 4,085 | 29 | 28.5% |
| 2 | McCurtain County | 1,959 | 1,498 | 13.7% |
| 3 | Latimer County | 936 | 1 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Woods County | 849 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Texas County | 605 | 12 | 4.2% |
| 6 | Cherokee County | 549 | 0 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Haskell County | 507 | 0 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Muskogee County | 482 | 0 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Cimarron County | 445 | 29 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Alfalfa County | 390 | 0 | 2.7% |
| 11 | Beaver County | 242 | 15 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Pushmataha County | 235 | 0 | 1.6% |
| 13 | Osage County | 198 | 1 | 1.4% |
| 14 | Grant County | 175 | 0 | 1.2% |
| 15 | Johnston County | 151 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 16 | Pontotoc County | 151 | 4 | 1.1% |
| 17 | Adair County | 146 | 0 | 1.0% |
| 18 | Craig County | 137 | 0 | 1.0% |
| 19 | Pittsburg County | 137 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 20 | Sequoyah County | 137 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 21 | Creek County | 131 | 0 | 0.9% |
| 22 | Ottawa County | 115 | 36 | 0.8% |
| 23 | Garvin County | 112 | 0 | 0.8% |
| 24 | Delaware County | 110 | 0 | 0.8% |
| 25 | Coal County | 109 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 26 | Hughes County | 91 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 27 | Woodward County | 88 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 28 | Jackson County | 87 | 12 | 0.6% |
| 29 | Harper County | 86 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 30 | Mayes County | 70 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 31 | Harmon County | 56 | 12 | 0.4% |
| 32 | Wagoner County | 55 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 33 | Atoka County | 48 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 34 | Bryan County | 48 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 35 | Pawnee County | 47 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 36 | Carter County | 40 | 7 | 0.3% |
| 37 | Kiowa County | 38 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 38 | Blaine County | 37 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 39 | Comanche County | 37 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 40 | Murray County | 36 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 41 | Caddo County | 33 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 42 | McClain County | 33 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 43 | Nowata County | 32 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 44 | Stephens County | 29 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 45 | Washington County | 25 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 46 | Rogers County | 23 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 47 | Garfield County | 23 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 48 | Seminole County | 22 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 49 | Marshall County | 20 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 50 | Jefferson County | 19 | 17 | 0.1% |
| 51 | Grady County | 16 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 52 | Cleveland County | 16 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 53 | Washita County | 15 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 54 | Payne County | 13 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 12 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 56 | McIntosh County | 12 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 57 | Okmulgee County | 9 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 58 | Greer County | 9 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 59 | Love County | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 60 | Tillman County | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 61 | Kay County | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 62 | Okfuskee County | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 63 | Ellis County | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 64 | Tulsa County | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 65 | Dewey County | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 66 | Cotton County | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 67 | Choctaw County | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 68 | Pottawatomie County | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 69 | Major County | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 70 | Beckham County | 1 | 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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