Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Beaver County, Oklahoma

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Beaver County, Oklahoma was 31 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 55% of US counties.

Map of Beaver County, Oklahoma 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 land31lb
US
1,686th of 3,060
Oklahoma
26th of 77
Per square mile of cropland114lb

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 3.0 in 2000 to 31 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
20003.03.0
20017.57.5
20029.19.1
20039.19.1
20041414
20051515
20061111
20072424
20085050
20097173
20105355
20117676
20127070
20138585
20144950
20156161
20168397
20178686
20187777
20193131
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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 Beaver County, Oklahoma 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.