Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Henry County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Henry County, Indiana was 492 to 497 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 95% of US counties.

Map of Henry 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 land492 to 497lbTop 5% in the US
US
136th of 3,060
Indiana
18th of 92
Per square mile of cropland514 to 520lb

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 192 in 2000 to 497 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
2000192192
2001164164
2002230230
2003246246
2004296296
2005263268
2006285290
2007263263
2008432432
2009384384
2010422427
2011372378
2012432432
2013492492
2014530530
2015547547
2016492492
2017410410
2018240240
2019492497
See Henry 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 Henry 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.