Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Scioto County, Ohio

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Scioto County, Ohio was 25 to 27 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 56% of US counties.

Map of Scioto 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 land25 to 27lb
US
1,734th of 3,060
Ohio
68th of 88
Per square mile of cropland86 to 91lb

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 22 in 2000 to 27 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
20002222
20013333
20024141
20034040
20044141
20054646
20063333
20073131
20084850
20093434
20104141
20113131
20123636
20132020
20143436
20151212
20163030
20173232
20184949
20192527
See Scioto 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 Scioto 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.