Crop-loss band · Kansas
Norton County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.46Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 2.86High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.47)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Norton 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 1.46 at the low end to 2.86 at the high end, with 1.78 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 4.47. 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 | $2,836,626 | $5,436,717 | $14,468,851 | 829 | 828 | 1.92 |
| 2016 | $363,647 | $648,624 | $1,673,239 | 107 | 107 | 1.78 |
| 2017 | $710,185 | $1,071,442 | $3,326,694 | 216 | 216 | 1.51 |
| 2018 | $311,785 | $799,513 | $1,880,786 | 126 | 126 | 2.56 |
| 2019 | $727,446 | $1,417,807 | $3,280,975 | 192 | 191 | 1.95 |
| 2020 | $1,692,623 | $2,463,419 | $9,995,016 | 247 | 247 | 1.46 |
| 2021 | $2,869,088 | $4,319,010 | $14,982,550 | 340 | 340 | 1.51 |
| 2022 | $12,623,875 | $56,406,847 | $64,866,911 | 1,244 | 1,244 | 4.47 |
| 2023 | $10,468,189 | $29,940,441 | $60,379,011 | 1,376 | 1,376 | 2.86 |
| 2024 | $3,693,931 | $6,492,726 | $19,959,551 | 706 | 706 | 1.76 |
Commodities insured in Norton County
5 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.26Low end of the filed band
- 1.63Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.98)
- 10Years filed
- $21,117,579Premium filed
- $69,617,484Indemnity paid
- $119,583,221Liability insured
- 313,994Quantity planted
- 314,557Quantity lost
- 1,845Policies
- 1,844Policies with a loss
- 3.30Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Norton County
- Drought $49,571,259 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $10,350,376 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $5,720,884 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,488,036 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $799,509 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $743,684 indemnity · 3 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.35Low end of the filed band
- 2.19Middle of the filed band
- 3.39High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.80)
- 10Years filed
- $6,340,586Premium filed
- $16,431,439Indemnity paid
- $34,380,391Liability insured
- 179,419Quantity planted
- 179,440Quantity lost
- 1,760Policies
- 1,759Policies with a loss
- 2.59Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Norton County
- Drought $11,252,214 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $2,236,731 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Winter $1,851,790 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $284,477 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $276,536 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $165,841 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 2.07Middle of the filed band
- 3.16High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.15)
- 10Years filed
- $4,692,090Premium filed
- $12,130,187Indemnity paid
- $19,042,797Liability insured
- 62,577Quantity planted
- 62,787Quantity lost
- 557Policies
- 557Policies with a loss
- 2.59Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Norton County
- Drought $8,568,589 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $2,299,034 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $851,873 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $209,146 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $62,486 indemnity · 2 years
- All Other Causes $50,720 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.68Low end of the filed band
- 1.98Middle of the filed band
- 2.94High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.45)
- 10Years filed
- $2,926,440Premium filed
- $8,479,467Indemnity paid
- $15,214,008Liability insured
- 59,772Quantity planted
- 60,232Quantity lost
- 578Policies
- 578Policies with a loss
- 2.90Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Norton County
- Drought $6,487,469 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $812,484 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $419,577 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $229,404 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $185,016 indemnity · 3 years
- All Other Causes $123,367 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.25Low end of the filed band
- 1.12Middle of the filed band
- 2.20High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.27)
- 10Years filed
- $1,220,700Premium filed
- $2,337,969Indemnity paid
- $6,593,166Liability insured
- 152,359Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 643Policies
- 643Policies with a loss
- 1.92Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Norton County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,337,969 indemnity · 10 years
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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.