Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Harmon County, Oklahoma

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Harmon County, Oklahoma was 185 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 72% of US counties.

Map of Harmon 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 land185lbTop 28% in the US
US
846th of 3,060
Oklahoma
6th of 77
Per square mile of cropland405lb

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 32 in 2000 to 185 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
20003232
20015257
20022730
20032730
20044447
20057474
2006111114
20074547
20088486
20098588
2010143148
20113538
2012229229
2013142142
2014151154
2015152152
2016186186
2017176176
2018153153
2019185185
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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 Harmon 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.