Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Paulding County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Paulding County, Ohio was 437 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 92% of US counties.

Map of Paulding 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 land437lbTop 8% in the US
US
235th of 3,060
Ohio
6th of 88
Per square mile of cropland445lb

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 191 in 2000 to 437 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
2000185191
2001202202
2002263269
2003280280
2004269269
2005291291
2006269275
2007387387
2008437437
2009426432
2010471471
2011510510
2012476476
2013577583
2014487487
2015459459
2016448454
2017392398
2018448459
2019437437
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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 Paulding 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.