01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 19153MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
POLK · IA
Lightning history
NOAA records coded as Lightning in Polk during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports12NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
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
Impact fields on these rows
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 records in this slice
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| 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 |