Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Woodruff County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Woodruff County, Arkansas was 243 to 248 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 78% of US counties.

Map of Woodruff 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 land243 to 248lbTop 22% in the US
US
648th of 3,060
Arkansas
14th of 75
Per square mile of cropland285 to 291lb

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 117 in 2000 to 248 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
2000112117
2001160160
2002151156
2003238243
2004258267
2005297306
2006418437
2007253267
2008306306
2009346346
2010375384
2011370384
2012423423
2013374374
2014350355
2015316316
2016277277
2017311311
2018287287
2019243248
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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 Woodruff 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.