Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Stanton County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Stanton County, Kansas was 533 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 97% of US counties.

Map of Stanton 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 land533lbTop 4% in the US
US
92nd of 3,060
Kansas
5th of 105
Per square mile of cropland622lb

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 19 in 2000 to 533 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
20001919
20012323
20023737
20035656
20048484
2005215219
2006148148
2007163163
2008235235
2009246246
2010266266
2011247247
2012375375
2013326326
2014254254
2015298298
2016307307
2017440440
2018449449
2019533533
See Stanton 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 Stanton 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.