Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Labette County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Labette County, Kansas was 199 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 74% of US counties.

Map of Labette 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 land199lbTop 26% in the US
US
794th of 3,060
Kansas
66th of 105
Per square mile of cropland206lb

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 22 in 2000 to 199 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
20002222
20015061
20024450
20037272
20048389
2005111111
20068383
20076767
2008111117
2009222222
2010161161
2011161161
2012205205
2013211211
2014255255
2015211216
2016188188
2017227227
2018144150
2019199199
See Labette 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 Labette 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.