Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in LaMoure County, North Dakota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in LaMoure County, North Dakota was 265 to 270 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 80% of US counties.

Map of LaMoure 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 land265 to 270lbTop 20% in the US
US
592nd of 3,060
North Dakota
21st of 53
Per square mile of cropland280 to 285lb

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 53 in 2000 to 270 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
20004853
20018585
2002106111
2003222222
2004317323
2005270270
2006360360
2007266266
2008383388
2009363363
2010363363
2011497502
2012735740
2013569569
2014538538
2015517517
2016577577
2017685685
2018415421
2019265270
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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 LaMoure 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.