Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Dubois County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Dubois County, Indiana was 364 to 369 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 87% of US counties.

Map of Dubois 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 land364 to 369lbTop 13% in the US
US
371st of 3,060
Indiana
44th of 92
Per square mile of cropland485 to 491lb

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 91 in 2000 to 369 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
20009191
20019999
2002138138
2003151156
2004147147
2005190190
2006194194
2007263263
2008254258
2009303303
2010237242
2011262262
2012250250
2013279279
2014275275
2015361361
2016335335
2017305309
2018270270
2019364369
See Dubois 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 Dubois 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.