Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Cumberland County, Tennessee

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Cumberland County, Tennessee was 0 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 95% of US counties.

Map of Cumberland 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 land0lb
US
2,919th of 3,060
Tennessee
91st of 95
Per square mile of cropland0lb

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 1.7 in 2000 to 0 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
200001.7
200100
20021.73.4
200300
20041.75.0
20051.73.3
20063.36.7
20075.05.0
20081010
20093.43.4
20103.33.3
20115.06.7
20121818
20138.38.3
201400
20156.68.3
20161.63.3
20171.61.6
20181.63.3
201900
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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 Cumberland 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.