Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Huntington County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Huntington County, Indiana was 403 to 408 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 90% of US counties.

Map of Huntington 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 land403 to 408lbTop 10% in the US
US
294th of 3,060
Indiana
36th of 92
Per square mile of cropland434 to 440lb

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 213 in 2000 to 408 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
2000207213
2001245245
2002319319
2003271271
2004266271
2005277282
2006319319
2007319319
2008372372
2009394394
2010384384
2011367372
2012421421
2013404409
2014398398
2015451451
2016435441
2017441441
2018589589
2019403408
See Huntington 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 Huntington 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.