Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin was 141 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 66% of US counties.

Map of Sheboygan 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 land141lbTop 34% in the US
US
1,028th of 3,060
Wisconsin
29th of 72
Per square mile of cropland177lb

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 27 in 2000 to 141 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
20002727
20014646
20023237
20034141
20045059
20055555
20066464
20078287
2008110110
200996105
2010128128
2011169169
2012114114
2013150150
2014141141
2015128128
2016109109
2017173178
2018127132
2019141141
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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 Sheboygan 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.