Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Tippecanoe County, Indiana was 412 to 417 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 91% of US counties.

Map of Tippecanoe 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 land412 to 417lbTop 10% in the US
US
276th of 3,060
Indiana
33rd of 92
Per square mile of cropland474 to 480lb

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 226 in 2000 to 417 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
2000226226
2001201201
2002247252
2003216216
2004271271
2005261261
2006281281
2007391396
2008410415
2009452452
2010441446
2011450455
2012440440
2013503508
2014498498
2015488488
2016418418
2017512512
2018417417
2019412417
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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 Tippecanoe 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.