1992 County Pesticide Use Estimates for 200 Compounds
type: Dataset
description: This dataset includes information for 200 pesticides on the average amount (pounds) applied to 87 agricultural crops and the acres of crops treated for counties within the conterminous United States. These data were derived by combining published state pesticide use coefficients published by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) and county harvested crop acres available from the 1992 Census of Agriculture. A description of the methods used to develop the county database is published in USGS OFR 00-250, "Method for Estimating Pesticide Use" and is available online from: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr00250. Maps showing the geographic distribution of use patterns for 199 compounds (BT was not mapped) area available from http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp/. The pesticide use estimates contained in this file represent average usage patterns for the years 1990-1993 and do not represent a specific year. The key limitations of the data include the following: (1) state use coefficients represent an average for the entire state and consequently do not reflect the local variability of pesticide management practices found within states and counties, (2) pesticide use estimates are not for a specific year, but represent typical use patterns for a four year period, (3) state pesticide use coefficients many not have been available for all states where a pesticide may have been applied to agricultural land, and therefore, are not included, and (4) the county crop acreage use to estimate county pesticide use is from the 1992 Census of Agriculture and may not represent all crop acreage because of Census nondisclosure rules.
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modified: 20201117
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Gail Thelin
keyword: agricultural-pesticide-use
keyword: agriculture
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: census-of-agriculture
keyword: ckan
keyword: environment
keyword: fumigants
keyword: fungicide
keyword: geo
keyword: geoscientificinformation
keyword: geoss
keyword: harvested-crop-acres
keyword: herbicide
keyword: inlandwaters
keyword: insecticide
keyword: national
keyword: national-water-quality-assessment-program
keyword: nawqa
keyword: north-america
keyword: united-states
theme: {geospatial}

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T15:53:43.790585
modified: 2025-11-22T09:15:37.555870
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.4dae4270-0b19-401e-80d6-f99533c6e0e8.xml
media type: text/xml

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-07-07T15:53:43.790592
modified: 2025-11-22T09:15:37.556297
access URL: https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial
media type: application/http

US Migrating
type: Agent