Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Daviess County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Daviess County, Indiana was 517 to 522 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 96% of US counties.

Map of Daviess County, Indiana 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 land517 to 522lbTop 4% in the US
US
103rd of 3,060
Indiana
12th of 92
Per square mile of cropland565 to 571lb

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 126 in 2000 to 522 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
2000126126
2001136136
2002173173
2003189189
2004173173
2005246246
2006267272
2007361361
2008366366
2009461461
2010341346
2011398398
2012372372
2013413413
2014387387
2015523528
2016481481
2017460465
2018371371
2019517522
See Daviess 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 Daviess County, Indiana 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.