Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Greer County, Oklahoma

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Greer County, Oklahoma was 106 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 60% of US counties.

Map of Greer 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 land106lbTop 40% in the US
US
1,196th of 3,060
Oklahoma
12th of 77
Per square mile of cropland246lb

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 6.9 in 2000 to 106 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
20006.96.9
20014.69.2
20026.99.2
20031414
20042123
20054242
20066365
20072123
20086365
20096466
2010114121
20113131
20123639
20134848
20148590
2015130130
2016130130
2017101103
20186464
2019106106
See Greer 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 Greer 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.