Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Meigs County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Meigs County, Ohio was 7.6 to 13 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 64% of US counties.

Map of Meigs 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 land7.6 to 13lb
US
1,982nd of 3,060
Ohio
76th of 88
Per square mile of cropland23 to 40lb

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

Down from 18 in 2000 to 13 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
20001618
20019.812
20029.89.8
20037.89.8
20041.93.9
20057.89.7
20065.85.8
20071515
20081315
20099.79.7
20102121
20111515
20127.77.7
20139.49.4
20141719
20151515
20163.85.7
20172525
20189.59.5
20197.613
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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 Meigs 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.