Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Red River County, Texas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Red River County, Texas was 10 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 67% of US counties.

Map of Red River 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 land10lb
US
2,066th of 3,060
Texas
151st of 254
Per square mile of cropland17lb

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 3.5 in 2000 to 10 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
200003.5
20012121
200207.0
20031414
20041014
20051414
20066.96.9
20071024
20081014
20091717
20101717
20116.96.9
20121724
20131414
20141717
201503.4
201606.8
201706.9
20183.46.9
20191010
See Red River 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 Red River 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.