Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Clermont County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Clermont County, Ohio was 131 to 135 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 65% of US counties.

Map of Clermont 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 land131 to 135lbTop 35% in the US
US
1,052nd of 3,060
Ohio
45th of 88
Per square mile of cropland217 to 223lb

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 73 in 2000 to 135 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
20007073
20019494
20027373
2003115115
2004101101
2005112112
2006133133
20079191
2008104104
2009130130
2010119122
2011156156
2012167167
2013222222
2014225225
2015177177
2016187190
2017121121
2018121121
2019131135
See Clermont 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 Clermont 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.