Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Jackson County, Florida

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Jackson County, Florida was 111 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 62% of US counties.

Map of Jackson 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 land111lbTop 38% in the US
US
1,152nd of 3,060
Florida
7th of 66
Per square mile of cropland228lb

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 31 in 2000 to 111 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
20003131
20019396
20028585
20035454
20047479
2005125125
2006107109
20078484
20088195
20099595
2010103103
2011122122
2012111111
20138989
2014150150
2015130133
20167275
2017155155
2018161167
2019111111
See Jackson 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 Jackson 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.