Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Dooly County, Georgia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Dooly County, Georgia was 357 to 365 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 87% of US counties.

Map of Dooly County, Georgia 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 land357 to 365lbTop 13% in the US
US
378th of 3,060
Georgia
2nd of 159
Per square mile of cropland502 to 514lb

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 199 in 2000 to 365 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
2000194199
2001232236
2002223228
2003273281
2004412412
2005334338
2006309309
2007259263
2008332340
2009353357
2010315319
2011309313
2012208216
2013316320
2014430442
2015369377
2016344348
2017401405
2018507511
2019357365
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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 Dooly County, Georgia 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.