Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Calhoun County, Florida

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Calhoun County, Florida was 32 to 33 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 54% of US counties.

Map of Calhoun County, Florida 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 land32 to 33lb
US
1,670th of 3,060
Florida
12th of 66
Per square mile of cropland234 to 240lb

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 16 in 2000 to 33 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
20001616
20013030
20024747
20032020
20042627
20053636
20063434
20071818
20082832
20093333
20103939
20114242
20123333
20133131
20145252
20154142
20162324
20175051
20184951
20193233
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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 Calhoun County, Florida 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.