Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Bond County, Illinois

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Bond County, Illinois was 342 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 86% of US counties.

Map of Bond County, Illinois 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 land342lbTop 14% in the US
US
425th of 3,060
Illinois
60th of 102
Per square mile of cropland394lb

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 139 in 2000 to 342 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
2000139139
2001194199
2002209209
2003254254
2004224224
2005233238
2006238243
2007387397
2008392402
2009363363
2010328338
2011278278
2012402412
2013437446
2014337347
2015342347
2016367367
2017327327
2018342347
2019342342
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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 Bond County, Illinois 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.