Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Scott County, Tennessee

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

Map of Scott 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

About the same in 2019 as in 2000: 0 in 2019, 0 in 2000. 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
200000
200100
200200
200300
200400
200500
200600
20070.60.6
20082.22.2
20090.60.6
20100.60.6
20111.11.1
20122.22.2
20130.50.5
201400
20150.51.6
201600.5
201700
201800.5
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 Scott 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.