Disaster-history hazard lens
Lightning events reported independently of other storm hazards. Compare official county histories below while keeping FEMA administrative declarations separate from NOAA observed-event reports.
Data updated Aug 21, 2026
These counts do not measure current danger, probability, severity, loss, or personal exposure. A higher rank means only that a county has more records within the same official source and exact coverage window. FEMA and NOAA counts are never added together.
Administrative records
Federal administrative declarations that include a county designation and map to this hazard category. A declaration is a government action, not a physical-event census.
0 counties have a positive lightning count in this source.
No positive fema declaration history count is present for this category among the atlas county profiles.
Observed-event reports
Distinct NOAA Storm Events records explicitly coded to a county and mapped to this hazard category. Forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded from county totals.
53 counties have a positive lightning count in this source.
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – Mar 19, 2024
Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.
| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality, Alaska | 1 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – Sep 25, 2025
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence County, Rhode Island | 28 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – Apr 12, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King County, Washington | 22 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – Apr 16, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chittenden County, Vermont | 21 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 3, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark County, Nevada | 54 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 10, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumberland County, Maine | 42 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 15, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillsborough County, New Hampshire | 24 |
| 2 | Honolulu County, Hawaii | 12 |
| 3 | Cass County, North Dakota | 4 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 18, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook County, Illinois | 57 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 19, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 63 |
| 2 | Hartford County, Connecticut | 31 |
| 3 | Wayne County, Michigan | 21 |
| 4 | Kent County, Michigan | 3 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 20, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergen County, New Jersey | 52 |
| 2 | Montgomery County, Maryland | 42 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 24, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | 11 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 25, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maricopa County, Arizona | 62 |
| 2 | Laramie County, Wyoming | 1 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 26, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresno County, California | 37 |
| 2 | Los Angeles County, California | 10 |
| 3 | Multnomah County, Oregon | 5 |
| 4 | Ventura County, California | 2 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 27, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Castle County, Delaware | 49 |
| 2 | Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | 29 |
| 3 | Jefferson County, Kentucky | 24 |
| 4 | Marion County, Indiana | 22 |
| 5 | Hennepin County, Minnesota | 19 |
| 6 | Fairfax County, Virginia | 15 |
| 7 | Greenville County, South Carolina | 13 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 28, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana | 57 |
| 2 | Harrison County, Mississippi | 19 |
| 3 | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 11 |
| 3 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | 11 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 29, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | 50 |
| 2 | Kings County, New York | 13 |
| 3 | Salt Lake County, Utah | 11 |
| 4 | Yellowstone County, Montana | 4 |
| 5 | Ada County, Idaho | 3 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 30, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso County, Colorado | 51 |
| 2 | Wake County, North Carolina | 41 |
| 3 | Douglas County, Nebraska | 30 |
Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 31, 2026
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| Rank | County | County-event records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County, Florida | 72 |
| 1 | Harris County, Texas | 72 |
| 3 | Pulaski County, Arkansas | 46 |
| 4 | Polk County, Iowa | 42 |
| 5 | Fulton County, Georgia | 37 |
| 6 | Shelby County, Tennessee | 27 |
| 7 | Jefferson County, Alabama | 22 |
| 8 | St. Louis County, Missouri | 16 |
| 9 | Franklin County, Ohio | 7 |
| 9 | Minnehaha County, South Dakota | 7 |
| 11 | Johnson County, Kansas | 5 |
