Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Morris County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Morris County, Kansas was 154 to 159 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 68% of US counties.

Map of Morris 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 land154 to 159lbTop 32% in the US
US
954th of 3,060
Kansas
80th of 105
Per square mile of cropland388 to 400lb

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 47 in 2000 to 159 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
20004447
20013335
20024242
20033535
20044749
20055661
20065860
20078181
2008149151
2009104106
2010113115
2011105107
20128787
20138991
201496100
2015132132
2016151151
2017136136
2018120125
2019154159
See Morris 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 Morris 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.