Lightning Risk in Kansas

All Kansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index lightning score

Lightning risk — electrical discharges from storms that ignite fires and cause casualties — is rated for 105 of 105 Kansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Johnson County carries the state's highest lightning score at 98.4, with $5M in expected annual lightning losses.

6 Kansas counties are rated High or Very High for lightning, and expected annual losses from lightning total roughly $29M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Lightning

#CountyLightning ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Johnson County
98.4
Very High 51.58 / yr $5M
2 Sedgwick County
98.1
Very High 49.54 / yr $3M
3 Shawnee County
95.1
High 51.21 / yr $2M
4 Coffey County
91.5
High 52.09 / yr $990K
5 Wyandotte County
87.3
High 50.34 / yr $887K
6 Douglas County
86.4
High 51.29 / yr $1M
7 Osage County
78.3
Medium 51.74 / yr $642K
8 Montgomery County
74.9
Medium 53.86 / yr $509K
9 Lyon County
74.1
Medium 51.01 / yr $673K
10 Ellis County
66.2
Medium 45.35 / yr $654K
11 Franklin County
66.1
Medium 52.62 / yr $481K
12 Butler County
65.0
Medium 49.85 / yr $527K
13 Riley County
64.9
Medium 48.77 / yr $594K
14 Saline County
62.6
Medium 47.97 / yr $469K
15 Crawford County
62.2
Medium 54.40 / yr $331K
16 Jefferson County
60.8
Medium 50.36 / yr $546K
17 Anderson County
59.7
Medium 53.32 / yr $248K
18 Finney County
58.0
Medium 42.53 / yr $312K
19 Leavenworth County
57.2
Medium 50.22 / yr $409K
20 Marion County
57.2
Medium 48.88 / yr $313K
21 Seward County
56.9
Medium 43.09 / yr $267K
22 Reno County
50.3
Low 47.84 / yr $247K
23 Ford County
49.2
Low 45.04 / yr $250K
24 Miami County
48.8
Low 52.28 / yr $296K
25 Allen County
48.8
Low 53.56 / yr $286K
26 Geary County
47.7
Low 50.07 / yr $300K
27 Barton County
47.5
Low 46.01 / yr $184K
28 Bourbon County
47.4
Low 54.58 / yr $192K
29 Labette County
46.8
Low 54.62 / yr $148K
30 Dickinson County
44.5
Low 48.71 / yr $195K
31 Neosho County
43.2
Low 53.79 / yr $210K
32 McPherson County
42.8
Low 48.03 / yr $296K
33 Cowley County
42.4
Low 50.77 / yr $169K
34 Stevens County
42.3
Low 42.10 / yr $114K
35 Morris County
41.9
Low 50.25 / yr $128K
36 Jackson County
39.3
Low 50.26 / yr $158K
37 Stanton County
38.0
Low 43.41 / yr $148K
38 Greenwood County
37.7
Low 51.54 / yr $151K
39 Woodson County
36.8
Low 52.61 / yr $98K
40 Grant County
36.5
Low 41.96 / yr $187K
41 Pottawatomie County
36.2
Low 49.42 / yr $218K
42 Chase County
35.0
Low 50.26 / yr $149K
43 Atchison County
34.8
Low 49.69 / yr $200K
44 Jewell County
34.6
Low 45.23 / yr $118K
45 Smith County
34.1
Low 45.25 / yr $139K
46 Harvey County
33.7
Low 48.83 / yr $215K
47 Wilson County
32.2
Low 52.78 / yr $140K
48 Phillips County
31.4
Low 43.70 / yr $87K
49 Cherokee County
30.9
Low 55.21 / yr $108K
50 Cloud County
30.0
Low 46.39 / yr $110K
51 Mitchell County
27.4
Low 46.20 / yr $105K
52 Republic County
24.7
Low 46.02 / yr $90K
53 Wabaunsee County
24.6
Low 50.92 / yr $100K
54 Thomas County
24.4
Low 44.77 / yr $126K
55 Marshall County
22.2
Very Low 47.89 / yr $79K
56 Rawlins County
22.0
Very Low 44.03 / yr $103K
57 Norton County
21.9
Very Low 43.38 / yr $66K
58 Scott County
21.8
Very Low 43.95 / yr $53K
59 Brown County
21.1
Very Low 49.11 / yr $85K
60 Morton County
20.9
Very Low 42.87 / yr $96K
61 Nemaha County
19.8
Very Low 49.07 / yr $85K
62 Linn County
19.6
Very Low 53.40 / yr $80K
63 Doniphan County
19.5
Very Low 48.84 / yr $70K
64 Harper County
18.2
Very Low 50.31 / yr $54K
65 Russell County
17.9
Very Low 46.00 / yr $65K
66 Gray County
17.8
Very Low 43.82 / yr $60K
67 Sherman County
17.8
Very Low 44.75 / yr $73K
68 Osborne County
17.7
Very Low 45.34 / yr $55K
69 Kearny County
17.6
Very Low 43.26 / yr $80K
70 Sumner County
16.8
Very Low 50.80 / yr $63K
71 Hamilton County
16.3
Very Low 44.63 / yr $73K
72 Pratt County
16.2
Very Low 46.59 / yr $50K
73 Cheyenne County
15.9
Very Low 43.83 / yr $39K
74 Clay County
15.3
Very Low 47.15 / yr $51K
75 Barber County
14.4
Very Low 47.61 / yr $55K
76 Decatur County
14.2
Very Low 43.51 / yr $53K
77 Haskell County
14.0
Very Low 42.31 / yr $56K
78 Elk County
13.9
Very Low 51.15 / yr $34K
79 Kingman County
13.7
Very Low 49.17 / yr $47K
80 Washington County
12.8
Very Low 46.62 / yr $49K
81 Rice County
12.4
Very Low 46.07 / yr $47K
82 Rooks County
12.2
Very Low 44.58 / yr $59K
83 Logan County
10.5
Very Low 44.65 / yr $30K
84 Meade County
9.8
Very Low 44.90 / yr $43K
85 Pawnee County
9.7
Very Low 46.18 / yr $34K
86 Ness County
9.2
Very Low 44.74 / yr $28K
87 Ellsworth County
8.7
Very Low 46.42 / yr $33K
88 Graham County
8.5
Very Low 44.35 / yr $27K
89 Wichita County
7.8
Very Low 44.82 / yr $28K
90 Trego County
7.8
Very Low 44.57 / yr $36K
91 Chautauqua County
7.4
Very Low 52.17 / yr $22K
92 Ottawa County
7.1
Very Low 47.34 / yr $24K
93 Lincoln County
7.0
Very Low 46.88 / yr $20K
94 Rush County
6.3
Very Low 45.63 / yr $31K
95 Gove County
6.2
Very Low 43.81 / yr $28K
96 Sheridan County
5.9
Very Low 43.96 / yr $29K
97 Stafford County
5.7
Very Low 46.42 / yr $18K
98 Wallace County
5.6
Very Low 44.76 / yr $18K
99 Greeley County
5.2
Very Low 45.26 / yr $23K
100 Clark County
4.7
Very Low 46.31 / yr $18K
101 Kiowa County
3.5
Very Low 45.68 / yr $12K
102 Comanche County
3.4
Very Low 46.52 / yr $10K
103 Edwards County
3.4
Very Low 45.57 / yr $12K
104 Hodgeman County
3.2
Very Low 44.96 / yr $15K
105 Lane County
3.2
Very Low 43.64 / yr $15K

105 Kansas counties with measurable lightning risk. See the national lightning ranking or all Kansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest lightning risk?

Johnson County has the highest FEMA lightning risk score in Kansas at 98.4 (Very High), with $5M in expected annual losses and about 51.58 events per year.

How many Kansas counties face significant lightning risk?

105 Kansas counties record measurable lightning risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 6 of them are rated High or Very High.

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