Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Hall County, Texas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Hall County, Texas was 303 to 307 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 83% of US counties.

Map of Hall County, Texas 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 land303 to 307lbTop 17% in the US
US
501st of 3,060
Texas
19th of 254
Per square mile of cropland931 to 942lb

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 66 in 2000 to 307 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
20006466
20017375
20027982
20037273
2004105105
2005102104
2006111111
2007127127
2008127129
2009144144
2010133135
20114444
2012183183
2013211211
2014249249
2015239240
2016107107
20177078
2018137137
2019303307
See Hall 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 Hall County, Texas 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.