Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Juniata County, Pennsylvania

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Juniata County, Pennsylvania was 110 to 113 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 62% of US counties.

Map of Juniata 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 land110 to 113lbTop 38% in the US
US
1,140th of 3,060
Pennsylvania
15th of 67
Per square mile of cropland263 to 268lb

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 33 in 2000 to 113 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
20003333
20013333
20022424
20032628
20044042
20056464
20065052
20077676
20087173
20097981
20106969
20119191
20129898
2013100103
2014167167
2015129132
2016141148
20178888
20187274
2019110113
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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 Juniata 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.