Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Coffee County, Tennessee

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Coffee County, Tennessee was 41 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 51% of US counties.

Map of Coffee County, Tennessee 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 land41lb
US
1,587th of 3,060
Tennessee
46th of 95
Per square mile of cropland63lb

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

Down from 49 in 2000 to 41 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
20004149
20011919
2002124124
20033838
20045656
20057171
2006101101
2007149149
20087174
2009120120
2010145145
2011148148
2012156156
2013284288
20147.47.4
2015295299
2016177181
2017151151
20189296
20194141
See Coffee 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 Coffee County, Tennessee 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.