Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Jerauld County, South Dakota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Jerauld County, South Dakota was 192 to 197 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 73% of US counties.

Map of Jerauld 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 land192 to 197lbTop 27% in the US
US
802nd of 3,060
South Dakota
37th of 66
Per square mile of cropland228 to 234lb

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 107 in 2000 to 197 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
2000107107
2001158163
2002154159
2003126131
2004135135
2005141145
2006155155
2007179179
2008184188
2009218218
2010233233
2011314318
2012429429
2013357362
2014229234
2015426426
2016417417
2017518523
2018230235
2019192197
See Jerauld 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 Jerauld 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.