Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Logan County, Illinois

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Logan County, Illinois was 647 to 653 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 99% of US counties.

Map of Logan 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 land647 to 653lbTop 1% in the US
US
30th of 3,060
Illinois
1st of 102
Per square mile of cropland662 to 668lb

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 156 in 2000 to 653 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
2000151156
2001212212
2002212212
2003268268
2004274274
2005279279
2006313313
2007352352
2008553553
2009547547
2010497497
2011614614
2012575575
2013619619
2014647647
2015681681
2016669669
2017675675
2018630630
2019647653
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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 Logan 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.