Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Tippah County, Mississippi

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Tippah County, Mississippi was 52 to 54 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 51% of US counties.

Map of Tippah County, Mississippi 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 land52 to 54lbTop 49% in the US
US
1,471st of 3,060
Mississippi
36th of 82
Per square mile of cropland148 to 154lb

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 18 in 2000 to 54 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
20001618
20011821
20025052
20034545
20042830
20053737
20065884
2007126126
2008107109
20095963
2010134136
20118888
20124949
2013127127
2014111111
201596102
20164044
20178890
20183840
20195254
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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 Tippah County, Mississippi 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.