NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 45079MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

RICHLAND · SC

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Richland during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports10NOAA county-coded rows
Population context2.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 422,117
Injuries2direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

10 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20181
20204
20224
20251
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$320Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$130not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,018within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-07-12NOAA 1,271,342Fire Department/Rescue$300K
2022-07-04NOAA 1,026,281Emergency Manager$0
2022-06-16NOAA 1,022,762Fire Department/Rescue$5K
2022-06-16NOAA 1,022,760Fire Department/Rescue$5K
2022-06-16NOAA 1,022,759Fire Department/Rescue$5K
2020-08-18NOAA 906,390Fire Department/Rescue$20
2020-08-07NOAA 906,382Fire Department/Rescue$0
2020-08-06NOAA 906,373Fire Department/Rescue$20
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