Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Crawford County, Illinois

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Crawford County, Illinois was 396 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 89% of US counties.

Map of Crawford 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 land396lbTop 11% in the US
US
317th of 3,060
Illinois
46th of 102
Per square mile of cropland457lb

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 104 in 2000 to 396 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
2000104104
2001144144
2002154154
2003219219
2004184184
2005248248
2006253253
2007323328
2008422422
2009418418
2010432432
2011358363
2012422422
2013525530
2014431431
2015342342
2016465470
2017396396
2018371371
2019396396
See Crawford 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 Crawford 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.