Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Windham County, Connecticut

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Windham County, Connecticut was 9.2 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 68% of US counties.

Map of Windham County, Connecticut 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 land9.2lb
US
2,099th of 3,060
Connecticut
2nd of 8
Per square mile of cropland57lb

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 1.9 in 2000 to 9.2 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
20001.91.9
20019.49.4
20020.90.9
20032.82.8
20041.92.8
20052.82.8
20069.49.4
20074.74.7
20081212
20091313
20109.49.4
20111313
20123.84.7
20131313
20147.47.4
20158.38.3
20164.64.6
20171212
20183131
20199.29.2
See Windham 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 Windham County, Connecticut 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.