Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Kenedy County, Texas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Kenedy County, Texas was 0 to 0.9 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 89% of US counties.

Map of Kenedy 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 land0 to 0.9lb
US
2,747th of 3,060
Texas
229th of 254
Per square mile of cropland0 to 23lb

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 2.1 in 2000 to 0.9 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
2000No data2.1
2001No dataNo data
2002No data0
2003No data1.6
200400
200500
2006No data0.7
200700
20080.20.2
20090.50.5
201000
201102.0
201200
201301.6
2014No data0.2
20157.17.1
201600
201700.2
201800
201900.9
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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 Kenedy 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.