Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Cattaraugus County, New York

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Cattaraugus County, New York was 12 to 14 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 64% of US counties.

Map of Cattaraugus County, New York 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 land12 to 14lb
US
1,961st of 3,060
New York
26th of 59
Per square mile of cropland40 to 46lb

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 3.6 in 2000 to 14 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
20003.63.6
20015.45.4
20021414
20032021
20041112
20053.65.3
20065.35.3
20073234
20085.35.3
20091414
20105.35.3
20111214
20123.53.5
20131214
20145252
20153031
20167.07.0
20171717
20188.78.7
20191214
See Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County, New York 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.