Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Jackson County, Wisconsin

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Jackson County, Wisconsin was 58 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 52% of US counties.

Map of Jackson County, Wisconsin 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 land58lbTop 48% in the US
US
1,448th of 3,060
Wisconsin
48th of 72
Per square mile of cropland166lb

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 16 in 2000 to 58 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
20001416
20011818
20022424
20033434
20043840
20054848
20063636
20075454
20085254
20094848
20108484
20116060
20127476
20136363
20146363
20155757
20166161
20177373
20187577
20195858
See Jackson 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 Jackson County, Wisconsin 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.