Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Neosho County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Neosho County, Kansas was 174 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 71% of US counties.

Map of Neosho 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 land174lbTop 29% in the US
US
885th of 3,060
Kansas
74th of 105
Per square mile of cropland183lb

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 33 in 2000 to 174 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
20003333
20015571
20027171
20037777
20047171
2005115115
20067682
20077171
200898104
2009202202
2010158158
2011152152
2012201201
2013190190
2014234239
2015185185
2016147147
2017185185
2018130136
2019174174
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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 Neosho 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.