Lightning strikes in Utah by county
The detection network has located 21,467 lightning strikes in Utah since the archive began, including 7,111 in the last 7 days. The table counts every strike the network placed inside a county boundary.
| # | County | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garfield County | 3,907 | 1,031 | 18.2% |
| 2 | Iron County | 3,038 | 856 | 14.2% |
| 3 | Washington County | 2,781 | 526 | 13.0% |
| 4 | Kane County | 1,909 | 324 | 8.9% |
| 5 | San Juan County | 1,289 | 331 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Wayne County | 1,219 | 344 | 5.7% |
| 7 | Emery County | 1,162 | 288 | 5.4% |
| 8 | Sevier County | 799 | 171 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Uintah County | 685 | 241 | 3.2% |
| 10 | Beaver County | 645 | 352 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Duchesne County | 629 | 555 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Grand County | 586 | 154 | 2.7% |
| 13 | Millard County | 558 | 537 | 2.6% |
| 14 | Tooele County | 357 | 216 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Summit County | 354 | 232 | 1.6% |
| 16 | Carbon County | 309 | 287 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Box Elder County | 269 | 104 | 1.3% |
| 18 | Piute County | 213 | 50 | 1.0% |
| 19 | Wasatch County | 155 | 136 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Sanpete County | 134 | 76 | 0.6% |
| 21 | Utah County | 87 | 87 | 0.4% |
| 22 | Salt Lake County | 78 | 22 | 0.4% |
| 23 | Daggett County | 71 | 57 | 0.3% |
| 24 | Juab County | 66 | 66 | 0.3% |
| 25 | Rich County | 44 | 22 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Weber County | 38 | 7 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Morgan County | 32 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Davis County | 28 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Cache County | 25 | 20 | 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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