Crop-loss band · Kansas
Wichita County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.63Low end of the filed band
- 2.11Middle of the filed band
- 2.63High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.25)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Wichita 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 1.63 at the low end to 2.63 at the high end, with 2.11 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.25. 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 | $2,457,979 | $4,792,207 | $13,132,775 | 943 | 939 | 1.95 |
| 2016 | $375,308 | $611,138 | $1,830,205 | 148 | 148 | 1.63 |
| 2017 | $1,604,854 | $4,219,755 | $8,476,904 | 712 | 712 | 2.63 |
| 2018 | $1,653,907 | $3,727,604 | $8,488,266 | 617 | 616 | 2.25 |
| 2019 | $407,302 | $677,580 | $2,422,149 | 115 | 115 | 1.66 |
| 2020 | $3,252,067 | $7,439,887 | $18,565,882 | 704 | 704 | 2.29 |
| 2021 | $2,314,970 | $4,874,370 | $11,954,796 | 454 | 452 | 2.11 |
| 2022 | $10,462,815 | $33,971,082 | $55,082,391 | 1,363 | 1,363 | 3.25 |
| 2023 | $12,238,726 | $30,679,550 | $59,680,177 | 1,507 | 1,507 | 2.51 |
| 2024 | $4,516,201 | $9,472,686 | $23,383,790 | 728 | 728 | 2.10 |
Commodities insured in Wichita 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
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 2.61Middle of the filed band
- 3.77High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.80)
- 10Years filed
- $15,349,388Premium filed
- $49,775,568Indemnity paid
- $97,768,548Liability insured
- 241,775Quantity planted
- 242,519Quantity lost
- 2,104Policies
- 2,104Policies with a loss
- 3.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wichita County
- Drought $21,282,685 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $11,294,695 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $6,902,155 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $6,807,755 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,635,548 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,058,140 indemnity · 9 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.33Low end of the filed band
- 1.95Middle of the filed band
- 2.45High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.72)
- 10Years filed
- $15,780,137Premium filed
- $32,063,651Indemnity paid
- $65,937,881Liability insured
- 337,249Quantity planted
- 337,554Quantity lost
- 3,684Policies
- 3,677Policies with a loss
- 2.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wichita County
- Drought $17,708,737 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $6,238,230 indemnity · 10 years
- Plant Disease $2,423,416 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Winter $1,556,618 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $943,556 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $862,561 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.79Middle of the filed band
- 2.28High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.03)
- 10Years filed
- $7,437,210Premium filed
- $17,228,155Indemnity paid
- $36,611,420Liability insured
- 119,512Quantity planted
- 119,629Quantity lost
- 1,251Policies
- 1,251Policies with a loss
- 2.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wichita County
- Drought $9,693,642 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $2,015,732 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,865,680 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $1,640,809 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $1,109,502 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $466,581 indemnity · 8 years
Annual Forage 9 years filed
- 1.32Low end of the filed band
- 2.10Middle of the filed band
- 4.78High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.78)
- 9Years filed
- $464,990Premium filed
- $903,472Indemnity paid
- $1,690,624Liability insured
- 14,598Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 118Policies
- 118Policies with a loss
- 1.94Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wichita County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $903,472 indemnity · 9 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 0.33Low end of the filed band
- 1.96Middle of the filed band
- 2.42High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.42)
- 9Years filed
- $252,405Premium filed
- $495,013Indemnity paid
- $1,008,861Liability insured
- 25,405Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 134Policies
- 134Policies with a loss
- 1.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wichita County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $495,013 indemnity · 9 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.