Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Champaign County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Champaign County, Ohio was 293 to 298 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 82% of US counties.

Map of Champaign County, Ohio 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 land293 to 298lbTop 18% in the US
US
522nd of 3,060
Ohio
20th of 88
Per square mile of cropland308 to 314lb

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 185 in 2000 to 298 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
2000185185
2001212212
2002207212
2003212212
2004261261
2005266266
2006234234
2007288288
2008423423
2009380380
2010288288
2011364369
2012326326
2013407407
2014455455
2015390396
2016450450
2017390390
2018368368
2019293298
See Champaign 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 Champaign County, Ohio 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.