Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Lynn County, Texas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Lynn County, Texas was 905 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 99% of US counties.

Map of Lynn 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 land905lbTop 1% in the US
US
4th of 3,060
Texas
3rd of 254
Per square mile of cropland1,142lb

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 220 in 2000 to 905 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
2000220220
20019797
2002234234
2003234234
2004286286
2005389393
2006146146
2007332332
2008488492
2009391396
2010694699
2011316316
2012914914
2013686686
2014716720
2015595599
2016717717
2017809809
2018507507
2019905905
See Lynn 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 Lynn 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.