Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Crittenden County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Crittenden County, Arkansas was 338 to 349 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 86% of US counties.

Map of Crittenden County, Arkansas and nearby counties, coloring each county's cropland by estimated farm glyphosate use per square mile of county land in the 2019 high estimate. Darker colors mean more use.

2019 numbers

Per square mile of county land338 to 349lbTop 14% in the US
US
415th of 3,060
Arkansas
9th of 75
Per square mile of cropland371 to 383lb

Ranks are by use per square mile of county land, on the 2019 high estimate, among US counties with a value. Counties with the same value share a rank.

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Since 2000

Up from 194 in 2000 to 349 in 2019. Pounds per square mile of county land, high estimate.

Every year's numbers
Glyphosate per square mile of county land by year, in pounds
YearLowHigh
2000188194
2001304304
2002256256
2003398403
2004429445
2005460470
2006657673
2007391412
2008422422
2009490496
2010537542
2011510537
2012610610
2013500510
2014526547
2015406406
2016412417
2017422422
2018411411
2019338349
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About these numbers

The main number is the county's estimated farm glyphosate use for the year divided by all of its land, water left out. A county with a little farmland can use a lot per square mile of cropland and still have far less in total than a county with more farmland, so the whole-county number is the one the map colors, ranks and compares.

These are county estimates, not records. They don't show which fields were sprayed or how much any one field got.

USGS makes a low and a high estimate, which fill in use that farms didn't report in different ways.

Per square mile of cropland is the same total spread evenly over the county's cropland only, so it's higher than the whole-county number wherever only part of Crittenden County, Arkansas is farmland.

Numbers are in pounds per square mile. The source gives kilograms per square kilometer, and 1 kg per km² is about 5.7 pounds per square mile.

Source: Hengl & Brungard from USGS county estimates, 2000–2019 (CC BY 4.0). Land area: US Census Bureau, 2020.

This page shows estimated farm use only. It says nothing about health and is not medical advice.