Crop-loss band · Kansas
Hamilton County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.53Middle of the filed band
- 2.17High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (2.64)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Hamilton County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.03 at the low end to 2.17 at the high end, with 1.53 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 2.64. The band points are years the county actually ran, never a figure interpolated between two of them.
The county’s year-by-year record
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $4,616,520 | $12,200,567 | $17,444,899 | 1,099 | 1,099 | 2.64 |
| 2016 | $1,206,003 | $1,621,163 | $3,691,595 | 274 | 274 | 1.34 |
| 2017 | $2,318,209 | $5,036,165 | $8,740,016 | 719 | 719 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | $1,533,262 | $3,150,743 | $5,743,047 | 278 | 278 | 2.05 |
| 2019 | $766,427 | $787,171 | $2,166,031 | 142 | 142 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | $5,914,723 | $9,030,483 | $17,330,786 | 883 | 881 | 1.53 |
| 2021 | $4,491,672 | $6,051,187 | $12,751,404 | 589 | 589 | 1.35 |
| 2022 | $14,364,398 | $28,290,649 | $37,856,264 | 1,315 | 1,315 | 1.97 |
| 2023 | $17,236,244 | $28,385,420 | $40,743,433 | 1,169 | 1,169 | 1.65 |
| 2024 | $7,453,496 | $8,488,111 | $21,279,224 | 730 | 730 | 1.14 |
Commodities insured in Hamilton County
6 commodities here clear the desk’s floors — at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium. Each carries its own band, so a reader can read the commodity they actually farm rather than the county average.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.83Low end of the filed band
- 1.50Middle of the filed band
- 2.25High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (2.88)
- 10Years filed
- $28,698,126Premium filed
- $55,824,086Indemnity paid
- $81,047,081Liability insured
- 504,717Quantity planted
- 504,003Quantity lost
- 3,861Policies
- 3,859Policies with a loss
- 1.95Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- Drought $41,000,128 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $7,692,622 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,942,140 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $1,093,913 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $735,717 indemnity · 9 years
- Plant Disease $676,181 indemnity · 2 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.75Low end of the filed band
- 1.08Middle of the filed band
- 1.33High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (1.88)
- 10Years filed
- $16,958,986Premium filed
- $22,217,194Indemnity paid
- $37,745,323Liability insured
- 208,566Quantity planted
- 212,446Quantity lost
- 1,545Policies
- 1,545Policies with a loss
- 1.31Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- Drought $15,800,068 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,524,575 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $850,028 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $838,240 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $580,931 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $567,969 indemnity · 9 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.00Low end of the filed band
- 1.61Middle of the filed band
- 3.83High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.80)
- 10Years filed
- $8,790,898Premium filed
- $14,200,185Indemnity paid
- $28,116,748Liability insured
- 107,514Quantity planted
- 107,660Quantity lost
- 588Policies
- 588Policies with a loss
- 1.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- Drought $8,501,151 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,623,940 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $1,310,049 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $926,893 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $636,701 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $550,795 indemnity · 4 years
Annual Forage 7 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 3.10High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.10)
- 7Years filed
- $2,920,929Premium filed
- $5,933,694Indemnity paid
- $10,501,766Liability insured
- 59,496Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 380Policies
- 380Policies with a loss
- 2.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $5,933,694 indemnity · 7 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.85Low end of the filed band
- 1.83Middle of the filed band
- 2.52High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (2.59)
- 10Years filed
- $1,967,027Premium filed
- $3,655,795Indemnity paid
- $8,094,130Liability insured
- 212,026Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 794Policies
- 794Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,655,795 indemnity · 10 years
Silage Sorghum 6 years filed
- 0.79Low end of the filed band
- 1.49Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.05)
- 6Years filed
- $564,987Premium filed
- $1,210,705Indemnity paid
- $2,241,650Liability insured
- 10,683Quantity planted
- 10,731Quantity lost
- 30Policies
- 30Policies with a loss
- 2.14Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hamilton County
- Drought $1,028,191 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $124,675 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $39,564 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $11,692 indemnity · 2 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $4,929 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,654 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Hamilton County dossier →
Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.
County cause-of-loss figures from the USDA Risk Management Agency’s Cause of Loss Summary of Business, county files, filed by the agency as a United States Government work. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column: indemnity divided by premium, re-derived at the summed county-crop grain.