Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Stanton County, Nebraska

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Stanton County, Nebraska was 478 to 483 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 94% of US counties.

Map of Stanton County, Nebraska 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 land478 to 483lbTop 6% in the US
US
156th of 3,060
Nebraska
30th of 93
Per square mile of cropland565 to 571lb

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 90 in 2000 to 483 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
20009090
2001100104
2002118118
2003163163
2004186190
2005209214
2006214214
2007184184
2008350355
2009350350
2010454459
2011454454
2012410415
2013429429
2014494499
2015500505
2016506510
2017565565
2018454454
2019478483
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, Nebraska 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.