Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Lincoln County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Lincoln County, Arkansas was 299 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 83% of US counties.

Map of Lincoln 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 land299lbTop 17% in the US
US
520th of 3,060
Arkansas
11th of 75
Per square mile of cropland514lb

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 165 in 2000 to 299 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
2000144165
2001238238
2002252255
2003198204
2004294294
2005264267
2006337337
2007290293
2008346349
2009293297
2010197203
2011449455
2012480483
2013652655
2014316319
2015469469
2016475478
2017425428
2018375375
2019299299
See Lincoln County on the map

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 Lincoln 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.