Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Schley County, Georgia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Schley County, Georgia was 44 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 50% of US counties.

Map of Schley 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 land44lb
US
1,552nd of 3,060
Georgia
52nd of 159
Per square mile of cropland166lb

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 44 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
20002226
20013.17.7
20021414
20031112
20046.26.2
20056.29.4
20061722
20076666
20082830
20094.716
20101214
20111313
20121112
20131415
20142021
20151120
20161718
20173.011
20187.69.1
20194444
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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 Schley 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.