01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
Lightning in Polk reports by year
NOAA recorded 12 Lightning in Polk reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
EVENT FILE / 19153MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
POLK · IA
Lightning history
NOAA recorded 12 county-coded Lightning reports in Polk, IA, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $594K in filed damage.
Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026
Reports12NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count
12 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.2-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Recorded impacts for Lightning in Polk
The Lightning in Polk records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $594K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$594Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest Lightning in Polk source records
NOAA supplied 8 recent Lightning in Polk source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.
Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.
| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-15 | NOAA 1,204,782 | Emergency Manager | — | $20K |
| 2022-05-08 | NOAA 1,027,548 | Fire Department/Rescue | — | $400K |
| 2020-05-14 | NOAA 890,963 | Law Enforcement | — | $10K |
| 2019-09-19 | NOAA 856,256 | Social Media | — | $5K |
| 2019-08-20 | NOAA 849,774 | Emergency Manager | — | $50K |
| 2019-06-22 | NOAA 835,201 | Social Media | — | $25K |
| 2019-05-16 | NOAA 826,920 | Trained Spotter | — | $2K |
| 2019-04-28 | NOAA 820,249 | Social Media | — | $1K |