Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Haakon County, South Dakota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Haakon County, South Dakota was 147 to 151 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 67% of US counties.

Map of Haakon County, South Dakota 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 land147 to 151lbTop 33% in the US
US
985th of 3,060
South Dakota
44th of 66
Per square mile of cropland514 to 525lb

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 16 in 2000 to 151 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
20007.316
20011219
20028.812
20032343
20041320
20052225
20063030
20072121
20082730
20092932
20105568
20113140
20124144
20137379
2014106109
2015115138
20168888
20177878
201896101
2019147151
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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 Haakon County, South Dakota 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.