Crop-loss band · Kansas
Sheridan County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.72Low end of the filed band
- 2.19Middle of the filed band
- 2.82High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.96)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Sheridan 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 1.72 at the low end to 2.82 at the high end, with 2.19 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.96. 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 | $6,228,101 | $12,004,796 | $27,657,491 | 1,540 | 1,540 | 1.93 |
| 2016 | $856,993 | $1,873,383 | $5,448,915 | 235 | 235 | 2.19 |
| 2017 | $2,980,665 | $8,234,062 | $15,311,740 | 776 | 776 | 2.76 |
| 2018 | $1,679,682 | $4,294,666 | $11,559,981 | 414 | 414 | 2.56 |
| 2019 | $2,460,465 | $5,231,750 | $12,295,164 | 414 | 414 | 2.13 |
| 2020 | $1,515,513 | $2,599,686 | $7,964,463 | 309 | 309 | 1.72 |
| 2021 | $2,769,045 | $5,211,533 | $12,036,700 | 383 | 383 | 1.88 |
| 2022 | $15,683,141 | $62,092,516 | $80,687,677 | 1,624 | 1,624 | 3.96 |
| 2023 | $14,801,794 | $40,280,796 | $83,354,090 | 1,901 | 1,901 | 2.72 |
| 2024 | $11,454,428 | $32,286,162 | $62,350,843 | 1,512 | 1,512 | 2.82 |
Commodities insured in Sheridan 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
- 1.78Low end of the filed band
- 2.33Middle of the filed band
- 3.14High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.09)
- 10Years filed
- $39,366,585Premium filed
- $120,598,909Indemnity paid
- $217,609,138Liability insured
- 526,157Quantity planted
- 525,812Quantity lost
- 3,894Policies
- 3,894Policies with a loss
- 3.06Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sheridan County
- Drought $41,602,207 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $32,465,145 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $31,530,065 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,216,621 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $2,288,391 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $2,265,330 indemnity · 3 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 1.91Middle of the filed band
- 2.92High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.08)
- 10Years filed
- $13,550,769Premium filed
- $32,115,175Indemnity paid
- $60,462,930Liability insured
- 268,327Quantity planted
- 268,416Quantity lost
- 3,399Policies
- 3,399Policies with a loss
- 2.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sheridan County
- Drought $11,504,377 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $10,417,209 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Winter $3,386,926 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,826,004 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,563,682 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $1,100,352 indemnity · 7 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.52Low end of the filed band
- 2.01Middle of the filed band
- 3.19High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.15)
- 10Years filed
- $5,056,467Premium filed
- $13,217,189Indemnity paid
- $20,814,212Liability insured
- 75,426Quantity planted
- 75,898Quantity lost
- 932Policies
- 932Policies with a loss
- 2.61Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sheridan County
- Drought $5,658,029 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,942,223 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $2,055,545 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $685,408 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $269,098 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $226,624 indemnity · 4 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.71Low end of the filed band
- 3.34Middle of the filed band
- 6.25High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.25)
- 10Years filed
- $1,819,850Premium filed
- $6,995,779Indemnity paid
- $16,484,067Liability insured
- 32,186Quantity planted
- 32,991Quantity lost
- 493Policies
- 493Policies with a loss
- 3.84Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sheridan County
- Hail $3,705,907 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,136,199 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $482,566 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $315,801 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $84,793 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $72,097 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.30Low end of the filed band
- 1.50Middle of the filed band
- 2.17High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.17)
- 9Years filed
- $636,156Premium filed
- $1,182,298Indemnity paid
- $3,296,717Liability insured
- 72,449Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 390Policies
- 390Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sheridan County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,182,298 indemnity · 9 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Sheridan 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.