Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Kenosha County, Wisconsin was 96 to 100 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 59% of US counties.

Map of Kenosha 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 land96 to 100lbTop 41% in the US
US
1,225th of 3,060
Wisconsin
38th of 72
Per square mile of cropland131 to 137lb

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

About the same in 2019 as in 2000: 100 in 2019, 102 in 2000. 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
2000102102
2001124124
20027272
20038989
2004144144
20059398
2006144144
2007174174
2008207212
2009153153
2010161165
2011190194
2012250250
2013223227
2014215219
2015244244
2016184184
2017205209
2018171171
201996100
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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 Kenosha 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.