Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Pulaski County, Arkansas was 9.1 to 32 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 54% of US counties.

Map of Pulaski 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 land9.1 to 32lb
US
1,675th of 3,060
Arkansas
31st of 75
Per square mile of cropland23 to 80lb

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

Down from 60 in 2000 to 32 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
20004860
20017474
20023136
20034345
20045555
20052424
20064345
20079092
2008373373
2009126128
20107375
20113035
20126363
20136365
20147070
20155151
20165151
20173237
20182828
20199.132
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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 Pulaski 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.