Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Texas County, Oklahoma

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Texas County, Oklahoma was 160 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 68% of US counties.

Map of Texas 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 land160lbTop 32% in the US
US
952nd of 3,060
Oklahoma
9th of 77
Per square mile of cropland348lb

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 10 in 2000 to 160 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
20001010
20011820
20023335
20033030
20043838
20056060
20062828
2007139139
20087676
2009209209
2010151153
2011189189
2012181181
2013255255
2014158161
2015187187
2016156167
2017340340
2018152152
2019160160
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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 Texas 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.