Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Licking County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Licking County, Ohio was 110 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 61% of US counties.

Map of Licking 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 land110lbTop 39% in the US
US
1,165th of 3,060
Ohio
50th of 88
Per square mile of cropland148lb

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 64 in 2000 to 110 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
20006064
20017781
2002107107
2003107111
20049498
2005115115
2006124124
2007124128
2008162166
2009145150
2010141145
2011182182
2012196196
2013169169
2014182186
2015152152
2016216216
2017156156
2018199203
2019110110
See Licking 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 Licking 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.