Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Tipton County, Indiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Tipton County, Indiana was 595 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 98% of US counties.

Map of Tipton 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 land595lbTop 2% in the US
US
48th of 3,060
Indiana
4th of 92
Per square mile of cropland600lb

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 204 in 2000 to 595 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
2000204204
2001283283
2002317323
2003323323
2004306306
2005346346
2006357357
2007397397
2008550550
2009657663
2010487493
2011572578
2012533533
2013623623
2014550550
2015572572
2016606606
2017566566
2018476481
2019595595
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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 Tipton 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.