Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Stutsman County, North Dakota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Stutsman County, North Dakota was 235 to 239 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 78% of US counties.

Map of Stutsman 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 land235 to 239lbTop 22% in the US
US
665th of 3,060
North Dakota
26th of 53
Per square mile of cropland285 to 291lb

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 13 in 2000 to 239 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
20001313
20012635
20024949
20037175
2004119119
2005182182
20068085
2007148148
2008122126
2009300300
2010173173
20118686
2012420420
2013443448
2014241241
2015466466
2016458458
2017328332
2018464464
2019235239
See Stutsman 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 Stutsman 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.