Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Evans County, Georgia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Evans County, Georgia was 45 to 47 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 50% of US counties.

Map of Evans 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 land45 to 47lbTop 50% in the US
US
1,530th of 3,060
Georgia
51st of 159
Per square mile of cropland120 to 126lb

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 26 in 2000 to 47 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
20002626
20012626
20023333
20033337
20048587
20055963
20065052
20074747
20087575
20096369
20106971
20113436
20125052
20133941
20146262
20155658
20164345
20173641
20185151
20194547
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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 Evans 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.