Table 5. The National Pesticide Loss Database

Acres (1,000) Where the Potential Runoff Concentration at the Edge of the Field Exceeds a Multiple of One or More Water Quality Thresholds for Fish

 
NRCS Region/State Acres Treated Multiples of the Safe Thresholds
> 1 > 2 > 3 > 5 > 7 > 10 > 15 > 20 > 25
Connecticut 55.6 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.7
Delaware 278.8 80.4 79.8 79.8 78.4 78.4 76.4 63.8 63.2 62.4
Maine 106 67.6 48.4 34.6 34.6 34.6 34.6 34.6 34.5 33.9
Maryland 778.2 251.6 251.3 251.3 241.5 240.7 239.9 234 233.5 232.2
Massachusetts 36.9 9.5 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.2 7 5.8 5.8 3.7
New Hampshire 13.5 1.9 1.1 1 1 1 1 0.9 0.8 0.1
New Jersey 225.6 24.9 21.3 20.1 19.8 19.8 18.1 11.4 11 10.8
New York 1136.6 445.2 406.5 152.7 149.7 145.3 144.7 144.7 141.9 141.3
Pennsylvania 1628.8 595.1 260 228.3 227.2 226.6 224.6 221.7 167.9 152.5
Rhode Island 3.1 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3
Vermont 92.1 13.5 8.2 8.1 8 8 8 8 7.9 5.1
West Virginia 104.4 5.3 4.6 4.6 2.9 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.1 0
East Region Total 4459.6 1512.3 1105.7 804.8 787.4 780.8 772.3 742.6 683.7 659
Illinois 13885.9 5270.7 4743.4 4059.2 3848 3825.9 3141.1 1893.5 1643.6 1296.6
Indiana 7325.9 2734.4 1512.7 1229.4 1180.5 1180.5 974.2 785.1 453.5 332.1
Iowa 13178.2 6632.1 6602 6464.6 6349.3 5722.3 5606.4 4846.3 2288.9 2069.2
Michigan 3394.5 1245.2 1004.8 704.3 581.1 580.3 542.3 477.4 437.4 402.8
Minnesota 8068.3 4103.5 3861.5 3743.4 3276.2 2785.1 2394.7 1352.2 549.3 514.3
Missouri 5186.2 2361.7 2175.4 2107.4 1999.6 1956.8 1940.8 1384.3 998.9 759.7
Ohio 4670.8 2019.7 1055.6 534.7 521.7 521.6 509.3 396.7 310.4 221.2
Wisconsin 2349.9 1148.3 949.1 839.5 686.3 682.5 566.7 528.8 520 514.7
Midwest Region Total 58059.7 25515.6 21904.5 19682.5 18442.7 17255 15675.5 11664.3 7202 6110.6
Colorado 1865 402.8 388.6 381.8 370.1 366.5 362.9 284.2 228.4 186.4
Kansas 7277.9 2428.4 1991.8 1651.2 1347.5 1267.7 1171.6 1007.9 923.3 685.5
Montana 3904.6 471.2 436.3 422.2 408.1 395.2 375.4 351.3 304.4 286.7
Nebraska 9066.1 2821.5 2397.2 2362.7 2226.3 2058.3 1895 1671 1521.6 1282.2
North Dakota 8533.2 4999.1 4940.8 4939.9 3055.3 3002.4 1287.7 816.6 518.4 348.4
South Dakota 5632.7 2227.4 2173.5 2153.5 1909.3 1885.7 1801.2 1553.5 953.5 465.6
Wyoming 328.6 72.3 67.4 67.3 59.5 41.9 39.8 20.9 17.7 13.1
Northern Plains Total 36608.1 13422.7 12395.6 11978.6 9376.1 9017.7 6933.6 5705.4 4467.3 3267.9
Arkansas 4306.9 2856.9 2801.3 2790.9 2775.3 2764.5 2759.6 2752.4 2718.6 2466
Louisiana 2138.8 1369.1 1000.8 968.2 925.7 907.5 900.4 851.5 826.9 756.1
Oklahoma 2447.5 1459.2 1259.2 1253.9 1132.6 834 678.5 581 505.1 463.1
Texas 10520.1 4987.1 4898.9 4832.6 4731.1 4656.4 4496.4 4244.1 3753.8 3500.6
South Central Total 19413.3 10672.3 9960.2 9845.6 9564.7 9162.4 8834.9 8429 7804.4 7185.8
Alabama 1477.6 1041.4 1035.7 1029.6 1024.6 1021.1 1020.9 999 978.4 950.1
Florida 359.2 306.9 306 304.9 302.2 300.2 294.7 282.6 279.4 269.8
Georgia 2380.5 1826.5 1822.7 1815.4 1768.8 1732.6 1717.1 1710.3 1680.6 1555.2
Kentucky 2113.2 482.4 381.5 367.2 329.3 308.4 253.8 228 176.7 146.8
Mississippi 3135.7 2244.2 1955.7 1769.1 1735.4 1733.9 1731 1711.6 1706.3 1630.9
North Carolina 3032.8 1470.7 1420.9 1391.6 1296.1 1292.3 1274.3 1225.2 1192.5 1135.9
South Carolina 1487.9 568.8 545.6 506 432.8 399.2 396.5 391.3 387.8 386.2
Tennessee 2194.1 1169.1 1153.3 1140.4 1127 1122.2 1110.6 1105.9 1089.5 1066.4
Virginia 908.5 394.3 366.5 315.8 302.5 292.7 273.1 263.6 245.6 234.8
Southeast Region Total 17089.5 9504.3 8987.9 8640 8318.7 8202.6 8072 7917.5 7736.8 7376.1
Arizona 356.8 277.1 222.6 218.6 216.1 216 213.3 202.7 190.8 187.1
California 1995.4 1081.4 914.1 822.2 698.3 576.6 528.1 407.4 365.5 308.9
Idaho 1953.1 211.3 206.6 206.3 204.5 203.2 185 170.6 163.3 162.7
Nevada 3.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
New Mexico 335.4 158.9 154.5 152.5 147.5 132.4 112.9 86.7 77.3 67.2
Oregon 615.1 181.2 164.6 162.2 159.6 157.3 138 124.8 91.5 59.6
Utah 213.4 38.4 37.6 28.2 23.6 17.6 4.2 3 2.3 1.9
Washington 1212.5 260.6 256.9 256.7 253.1 249.7 236.2 230.8 209.7 190.2
West Region Total 6684.9 2210.5 1958.5 1848.3 1704 1554.1 1419 1227.3 1101.7 978.9
 
US TOTAL 142315.1 62837.7 56312.4 52799.8 48193.6 45972.6 41707.3 35686.1 28995.9 25578.3

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