Crop-loss band · Texas
Carson County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.55Low end of the filed band
- 3.09Middle of the filed band
- 4.29High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.60)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Carson 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 1.55 at the low end to 4.29 at the high end, with 3.09 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2016, at 4.60. 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 | $1,614,091 | $3,012,159 | $5,925,699 | 501 | 499 | 1.87 |
| 2016 | $1,315,293 | $6,055,061 | $8,148,325 | 332 | 332 | 4.60 |
| 2017 | $1,574,655 | $6,501,605 | $13,061,839 | 276 | 276 | 4.13 |
| 2018 | $6,518,771 | $21,941,832 | $26,038,605 | 800 | 800 | 3.37 |
| 2019 | $5,389,692 | $23,125,622 | $29,031,395 | 446 | 446 | 4.29 |
| 2020 | $6,271,592 | $19,399,903 | $24,310,975 | 610 | 610 | 3.09 |
| 2021 | $1,933,682 | $6,543,197 | $8,973,146 | 284 | 284 | 3.38 |
| 2022 | $13,053,458 | $30,767,989 | $44,376,845 | 907 | 906 | 2.36 |
| 2023 | $14,528,851 | $31,927,348 | $51,297,391 | 1,166 | 1,166 | 2.20 |
| 2024 | $7,854,286 | $12,136,614 | $22,462,684 | 593 | 593 | 1.55 |
Commodities insured in Carson 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.
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.47Low end of the filed band
- 3.26Middle of the filed band
- 4.36High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (7.34)
- 10Years filed
- $42,736,627Premium filed
- $119,180,162Indemnity paid
- $148,301,491Liability insured
- 377,964Quantity planted
- 528,102Quantity lost
- 2,275Policies
- 2,274Policies with a loss
- 2.79Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- Drought $41,243,787 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $25,161,670 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $22,234,777 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $11,839,375 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $10,197,088 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $4,823,985 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.81Low end of the filed band
- 1.75Middle of the filed band
- 2.08High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.25)
- 10Years filed
- $7,477,892Premium filed
- $17,192,794Indemnity paid
- $23,138,097Liability insured
- 195,602Quantity planted
- 195,598Quantity lost
- 1,803Policies
- 1,801Policies with a loss
- 2.30Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- Drought $12,054,257 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,916,703 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $865,895 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $622,387 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $601,830 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $494,226 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.35Low end of the filed band
- 3.90Middle of the filed band
- 13.82High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (14.56)
- 10Years filed
- $3,700,067Premium filed
- $11,892,778Indemnity paid
- $36,017,743Liability insured
- 40,239Quantity planted
- 40,248Quantity lost
- 294Policies
- 294Policies with a loss
- 3.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- Mycotoxin $3,179,832 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $2,998,086 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $1,554,900 indemnity · 5 years
- Plant Disease $1,432,821 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $1,362,978 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $456,890 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.50Low end of the filed band
- 2.21Middle of the filed band
- 3.31High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.49)
- 10Years filed
- $2,470,397Premium filed
- $6,293,807Indemnity paid
- $11,470,644Liability insured
- 76,881Quantity planted
- 77,188Quantity lost
- 650Policies
- 650Policies with a loss
- 2.55Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- Drought $4,308,347 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $566,586 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $473,597 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $204,316 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $195,710 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $191,297 indemnity · 8 years
Annual Forage 5 years filed
- 0.92Low end of the filed band
- 1.89Middle of the filed band
- 2.74High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.74)
- 5Years filed
- $1,899,557Premium filed
- $3,804,246Indemnity paid
- $7,123,289Liability insured
- 29,227Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 189Policies
- 189Policies with a loss
- 2.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,804,246 indemnity · 5 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.39Low end of the filed band
- 1.80Middle of the filed band
- 2.22High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.33)
- 10Years filed
- $1,769,831Premium filed
- $3,047,543Indemnity paid
- $7,575,640Liability insured
- 440,155Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 704Policies
- 704Policies with a loss
- 1.72Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Carson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,047,543 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.