Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Charlotte County, Virginia

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Charlotte County, Virginia was 54 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 51% of US counties.

Map of Charlotte County, Virginia 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 land54lbTop 49% in the US
US
1,473rd of 3,060
Virginia
38th of 97
Per square mile of cropland171lb

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 9.5 in 2000 to 54 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
20005.79.5
20011.93.8
20023.83.8
20031.95.6
20045.57.3
20053.73.7
20061616
20071315
20081113
20091414
20109.09.0
20111416
20122529
20132121
20143434
20152729
20161820
20173739
20183941
20195454
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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 Charlotte County, Virginia 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.