Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Worth County, Georgia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Worth County, Georgia was 207 to 210 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 75% of US counties.

Map of Worth 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 210lbTop 25% in the US
US
751st of 3,060
Georgia
8th of 159
Per square mile of cropland337 to 343lb

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 94 in 2000 to 210 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
20009494
2001101105
200298101
2003119123
2004187187
2005166169
2006155155
2007165169
2008150153
2009143147
2010182185
2011212215
2012237240
2013189189
2014263267
2015210217
2016203207
2017224224
2018266266
2019207210
See Worth 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 Worth 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.