Crop-loss band · South Dakota
Corson County, South Dakota — crop-loss band
- 1.83Low end of the filed band
- 2.24Middle of the filed band
- 2.61High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.80)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Corson 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 1.83 at the low end to 2.61 at the high end, with 2.24 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 2.80. 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 | $976,565 | $2,184,720 | $3,478,657 | 155 | 154 | 2.24 |
| 2016 | $1,657,240 | $3,225,624 | $7,276,746 | 314 | 309 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | $3,680,427 | $10,311,885 | $16,845,839 | 647 | 644 | 2.80 |
| 2018 | $1,279,946 | $2,337,808 | $5,414,733 | 210 | 209 | 1.83 |
| 2019 | $2,253,684 | $5,219,136 | $9,640,250 | 289 | 289 | 2.32 |
| 2020 | $1,790,568 | $4,015,436 | $7,436,719 | 333 | 333 | 2.24 |
| 2021 | $6,080,618 | $15,877,515 | $30,719,731 | 632 | 630 | 2.61 |
| 2022 | $5,120,869 | $12,285,881 | $26,155,970 | 506 | 506 | 2.40 |
| 2023 | $4,282,612 | $8,827,342 | $18,787,470 | 530 | 530 | 2.06 |
| 2024 | $2,865,855 | $5,915,588 | $14,142,392 | 508 | 508 | 2.06 |
Commodities insured in Corson County
7 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
- 1.90Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 2.93High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.95)
- 10Years filed
- $8,237,315Premium filed
- $20,719,441Indemnity paid
- $34,853,150Liability insured
- 238,800Quantity planted
- 239,085Quantity lost
- 882Policies
- 881Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $11,497,387 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $4,485,958 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,158,089 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $497,790 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Winter $477,726 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $409,502 indemnity · 5 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.52Low end of the filed band
- 1.98Middle of the filed band
- 2.84High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.98)
- 10Years filed
- $8,107,368Premium filed
- $19,529,528Indemnity paid
- $41,553,199Liability insured
- 135,590Quantity planted
- 135,314Quantity lost
- 677Policies
- 677Policies with a loss
- 2.41Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $10,961,246 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $3,439,202 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,618,605 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $750,693 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $627,253 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $232,437 indemnity · 5 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 1.81Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 3.40High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.53)
- 10Years filed
- $4,668,670Premium filed
- $10,550,694Indemnity paid
- $21,691,241Liability insured
- 95,571Quantity planted
- 95,451Quantity lost
- 424Policies
- 424Policies with a loss
- 2.26Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $4,375,246 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $2,521,380 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,866,848 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $414,712 indemnity · 7 years
- Frost $327,444 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $312,679 indemnity · 4 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.63Low end of the filed band
- 1.86Middle of the filed band
- 2.39High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.47)
- 10Years filed
- $4,337,746Premium filed
- $8,681,679Indemnity paid
- $20,268,043Liability insured
- 897,641Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,143Policies
- 1,143Policies with a loss
- 2.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $8,681,679 indemnity · 10 years
Soybeans 8 years filed
- 0.14Low end of the filed band
- 2.23Middle of the filed band
- 4.74High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.74)
- 8Years filed
- $1,458,389Premium filed
- $3,988,646Indemnity paid
- $9,399,555Liability insured
- 39,069Quantity planted
- 38,517Quantity lost
- 188Policies
- 188Policies with a loss
- 2.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $2,411,416 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $561,822 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $328,525 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $226,957 indemnity · 1 years
- Hot Wind $148,058 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $134,573 indemnity · 2 years
Forage Production 9 years filed
- 0.58Low end of the filed band
- 1.29Middle of the filed band
- 3.44High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.44)
- 9Years filed
- $2,079,522Premium filed
- $3,939,663Indemnity paid
- $8,199,678Liability insured
- 138,884Quantity planted
- 138,889Quantity lost
- 570Policies
- 559Policies with a loss
- 1.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $3,502,840 indemnity · 9 years
- Freeze $256,785 indemnity · 5 years
- Frost $55,009 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $38,667 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $30,554 indemnity · 4 years
- Insects $30,505 indemnity · 3 years
Oats 10 years filed
- 1.20Low end of the filed band
- 2.59Middle of the filed band
- 3.96High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.46)
- 10Years filed
- $1,099,374Premium filed
- $2,791,284Indemnity paid
- $3,933,641Liability insured
- 33,961Quantity planted
- 33,963Quantity lost
- 240Policies
- 240Policies with a loss
- 2.54Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Corson County
- Drought $2,154,334 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $311,603 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $150,762 indemnity · 5 years
- Freeze $69,975 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $34,572 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $28,014 indemnity · 5 years
Every county-crop the agency files in South Dakota → Buy the Corson 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.