Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Victoria County, Texas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Victoria County, Texas was 160 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 69% of US counties.

Map of Victoria 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 land160lbTop 31% in the US
US
948th of 3,060
Texas
49th of 254
Per square mile of cropland206lb

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 19 in 2000 to 160 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
20001919
20012328
20029.323
20032323
20043237
20056565
20064646
20076060
20088792
20094646
20103232
20115555
20123737
20136868
2014100100
20156363
2016111111
20177676
20186767
2019160160
See Victoria 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 Victoria 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.