Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Grant County, Oklahoma

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Grant County, Oklahoma was 443 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 92% of US counties.

Map of Grant 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 land443lbTop 8% in the US
US
224th of 3,060
Oklahoma
2nd of 77
Per square mile of cropland571lb

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 443 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
20014.58.9
20028.98.9
20033636
20043136
20055353
20063131
20074.413
20087979
20099393
20107070
20117979
20128484
2013175175
2014154172
2015221221
2016194194
2017305305
2018283283
2019443443
See Grant 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 Grant 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.