Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Clark County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Clark County, Ohio was 232 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 77% of US counties.

Map of Clark 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 land232lbTop 23% in the US
US
693rd of 3,060
Ohio
28th of 88
Per square mile of cropland251lb

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 160 in 2000 to 232 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
2000160160
2001181181
2002181181
2003175175
2004223223
2005228228
2006196196
2007276276
2008371371
2009318318
2010244244
2011301306
2012338338
2013322327
2014353359
2015301301
2016358358
2017390395
2018311311
2019232232
See Clark 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 Clark 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.