Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Cache County, Utah

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Cache County, Utah was 11 to 13 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 65% of US counties.

Map of Cache County, Utah 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 land11 to 13lb
US
1,994th of 3,060
Utah
1st of 29
Per square mile of cropland40 to 46lb

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 6.3 in 2000 to 13 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
20004.86.3
200101.6
200203.2
20031.611
20041.66.3
20059.59.5
20066.37.9
20076.36.3
20086.311
20093.23.2
20104.86.4
20111414
20121617
20131717
20141113
20151919
20162424
20173537
20182427
20191113
See Cache 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 Cache County, Utah 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.