Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Hodgeman County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Hodgeman County, Kansas was 224 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 76% of US counties.

Map of Hodgeman County, Kansas 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 land224lbTop 24% in the US
US
712th of 3,060
Kansas
53rd of 105
Per square mile of cropland377lb

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 13 in 2000 to 224 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
20001313
20011616
20022626
20033636
20044949
20059191
20068888
2007111111
2008149149
2009151154
2010145145
2011154154
2012183183
2013172172
2014130130
2015145145
2016176176
2017217217
2018220220
2019224224
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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 Hodgeman County, Kansas 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.