Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Waushara County, Wisconsin

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Waushara County, Wisconsin was 94 to 98 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 59% of US counties.

Map of Waushara 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 land94 to 98lbTop 41% in the US
US
1,239th of 3,060
Wisconsin
40th of 72
Per square mile of cropland154 to 160lb

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 29 in 2000 to 98 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
20002929
20012929
20023236
20032525
20043643
20053636
20064750
20076464
20083639
20095757
20105757
20116467
20125760
2013123123
20147474
2015105105
20168484
20179191
20187377
20199498
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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 Waushara 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.