Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Marshall County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Marshall County, Kansas was 422 to 426 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 91% of US counties.

Map of Marshall 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 land422 to 426lbTop 9% in the US
US
259th of 3,060
Kansas
10th of 105
Per square mile of cropland554 to 560lb

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 123 in 2000 to 426 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
2000119123
2001148148
2002153153
2003144144
2004204204
2005158166
2006136140
2007239239
2008269273
2009262262
2010356361
2011348348
2012367367
2013354354
2014472476
2015412412
2016465465
2017461461
2018444448
2019422426
See Marshall 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 Marshall 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.