Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Haywood County, Tennessee

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Haywood County, Tennessee was 597 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 98% of US counties.

Map of Haywood 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 land597lbTop 2% in the US
US
45th of 3,060
Tennessee
2nd of 95
Per square mile of cropland754lb

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 336 in 2000 to 597 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
2000336336
2001427427
2002373377
2003418423
2004495504
2005459463
2006499513
2007445445
2008245258
2009522526
2010626626
2011489489
2012702702
2013569569
2014764764
2015682682
2016542542
2017529529
2018637637
2019597597
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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 Haywood 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.