Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania was 58 to 62 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 53% of US counties.

Map of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 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 land58 to 62lbTop 47% in the US
US
1,430th of 3,060
Pennsylvania
29th of 67
Per square mile of cropland217 to 228lb

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 12 in 2000 to 62 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
20001212
20011112
20021111
20031214
20041820
20053232
20062021
20071818
20082727
20092931
20102828
20113737
20125454
20132626
20144040
20155758
20162529
20173535
20183838
20195862
See Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 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.