Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Wood County, Wisconsin

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Wood County, Wisconsin was 69 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 54% of US counties.

Map of Wood 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 land69lbTop 46% in the US
US
1,389th of 3,060
Wisconsin
47th of 72
Per square mile of cropland143lb

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 19 in 2000 to 69 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
20001919
20011616
20022225
20032222
20042730
20052727
20063638
20075555
20084447
20096163
20104747
20115555
20125555
20137777
20145050
20159191
20166669
20177777
20187474
20196969
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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 Wood 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.