Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Wyandotte County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Wyandotte County, Kansas was 55 to 59 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 52% of US counties.

Map of Wyandotte 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 land55 to 59lbTop 48% in the US
US
1,441st of 3,060
Kansas
101st of 105
Per square mile of cropland97 to 103lb

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 21 in 2000 to 59 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
20002121
20012828
20021717
20033535
20044141
20054141
20063434
20076868
20085454
20094444
20105151
20114343
20124343
20134040
20145656
20155656
20165959
20175959
20185959
20195559
See Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte 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.