Crop-loss band · South Dakota
Dewey County, South Dakota — crop-loss band
- 1.69Low end of the filed band
- 2.40Middle of the filed band
- 3.23High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.36)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dewey 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 1.69 at the low end to 3.23 at the high end, with 2.40 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2021, at 3.36. 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 | $817,494 | $1,938,068 | $2,665,387 | 171 | 171 | 2.37 |
| 2016 | $495,007 | $990,927 | $1,952,641 | 152 | 152 | 2.00 |
| 2017 | $2,030,819 | $6,042,147 | $9,684,705 | 520 | 519 | 2.98 |
| 2018 | $511,281 | $1,350,350 | $2,393,957 | 125 | 125 | 2.64 |
| 2019 | $1,601,508 | $4,000,435 | $5,616,361 | 205 | 205 | 2.50 |
| 2020 | $1,248,658 | $2,992,301 | $4,538,920 | 243 | 243 | 2.40 |
| 2021 | $3,226,817 | $10,850,792 | $15,929,920 | 460 | 460 | 3.36 |
| 2022 | $3,624,960 | $11,713,048 | $18,770,635 | 494 | 494 | 3.23 |
| 2023 | $3,490,525 | $7,455,946 | $14,113,981 | 411 | 411 | 2.14 |
| 2024 | $1,479,635 | $2,506,983 | $7,096,243 | 311 | 311 | 1.69 |
Commodities insured in Dewey 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.24Low end of the filed band
- 2.13Middle of the filed band
- 3.65High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.38)
- 10Years filed
- $5,517,665Premium filed
- $16,552,944Indemnity paid
- $26,071,069Liability insured
- 100,144Quantity planted
- 100,144Quantity lost
- 538Policies
- 538Policies with a loss
- 3.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- Drought $8,074,391 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $3,638,622 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,468,185 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $323,416 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $245,841 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $224,270 indemnity · 7 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 2.12Middle of the filed band
- 3.81High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.60)
- 10Years filed
- $5,304,160Premium filed
- $14,613,250Indemnity paid
- $21,575,287Liability insured
- 127,850Quantity planted
- 127,349Quantity lost
- 724Policies
- 724Policies with a loss
- 2.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- Drought $9,228,157 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,851,024 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,488,604 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Winter $1,031,335 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $535,504 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $135,489 indemnity · 2 years
Sunflowers 10 years filed
- 1.32Low end of the filed band
- 2.70Middle of the filed band
- 4.46High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.60)
- 10Years filed
- $2,771,318Premium filed
- $8,025,608Indemnity paid
- $14,484,325Liability insured
- 56,449Quantity planted
- 53,908Quantity lost
- 285Policies
- 285Policies with a loss
- 2.90Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- Drought $3,137,992 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $2,195,302 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,117,184 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $338,660 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $84,186 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $68,878 indemnity · 2 years
Forage Production 9 years filed
- 0.29Low end of the filed band
- 1.83Middle of the filed band
- 3.24High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.24)
- 9Years filed
- $2,199,921Premium filed
- $4,659,616Indemnity paid
- $8,129,472Liability insured
- 110,778Quantity planted
- 110,810Quantity lost
- 507Policies
- 506Policies with a loss
- 2.12Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- Drought $3,917,646 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $380,736 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $146,582 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $81,654 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $80,844 indemnity · 5 years
- Frost $20,439 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.93Middle of the filed band
- 2.75High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.75)
- 9Years filed
- $2,214,550Premium filed
- $4,485,482Indemnity paid
- $10,492,677Liability insured
- 489,746Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 857Policies
- 857Policies with a loss
- 2.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,485,482 indemnity · 9 years
Oats 10 years filed
- 1.78Low end of the filed band
- 2.52Middle of the filed band
- 3.87High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (4.68)
- 10Years filed
- $519,090Premium filed
- $1,504,097Indemnity paid
- $2,009,920Liability insured
- 20,658Quantity planted
- 20,767Quantity lost
- 181Policies
- 181Policies with a loss
- 2.90Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dewey County
- Drought $1,122,633 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $221,570 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $74,084 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $51,874 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $14,246 indemnity · 1 years
- Hot Wind $10,402 indemnity · 2 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.