Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Dunn County, North Dakota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Dunn County, North Dakota was 19 to 26 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 57% of US counties.

Map of Dunn County, North Dakota 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 land19 to 26lb
US
1,745th of 3,060
North Dakota
53rd of 53
Per square mile of cropland51 to 69lb

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 14 in 2000 to 26 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
20001414
20016.014
20021616
20032222
20041416
20053941
20064951
20077476
20087886
20099999
20108589
20119195
20127377
2013103103
20147175
20156971
20169595
20174751
20185560
20191926
See Dunn 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 Dunn County, North Dakota 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.