Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Terrell County, Georgia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Terrell County, Georgia was 207 to 214 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 75% of US counties.

Map of Terrell 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 land207 to 214lbTop 25% in the US
US
739th of 3,060
Georgia
7th of 159
Per square mile of cropland360 to 371lb

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 48 in 2000 to 214 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
20004148
2001113116
2002120123
20037582
2004123126
2005119123
2006143146
2007115122
2008135142
200988105
2010155158
20119096
2012174180
2013162172
2014175175
2015149172
2016188188
2017250287
2018234237
2019207214
See Terrell 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 Terrell 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.