Crop-loss band · Texas
Dawson County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.25Low end of the filed band
- 1.72Middle of the filed band
- 2.29High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.30)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dawson 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 1.25 at the low end to 2.29 at the high end, with 1.72 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 2.30. 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 | $3,063,216 | $3,841,574 | $10,400,414 | 397 | 397 | 1.25 |
| 2016 | $4,001,999 | $6,946,163 | $13,533,390 | 569 | 563 | 1.74 |
| 2017 | $8,121,251 | $13,936,849 | $23,718,371 | 758 | 758 | 1.72 |
| 2018 | $32,591,824 | $67,071,112 | $78,085,477 | 1,796 | 1,796 | 2.06 |
| 2019 | $23,272,797 | $35,107,189 | $60,838,905 | 1,299 | 1,299 | 1.51 |
| 2020 | $27,363,728 | $62,890,376 | $72,840,407 | 1,519 | 1,519 | 2.30 |
| 2021 | $11,290,139 | $14,573,084 | $29,747,400 | 709 | 709 | 1.29 |
| 2022 | $72,809,065 | $166,514,383 | $173,049,635 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2.29 |
| 2023 | $64,146,566 | $127,883,887 | $150,648,383 | 3,442 | 3,442 | 1.99 |
| 2024 | $50,660,496 | $87,211,922 | $114,915,359 | 2,829 | 2,829 | 1.72 |
Commodities insured in Dawson 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
- 1.07Low end of the filed band
- 1.61Middle of the filed band
- 2.23High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.26)
- 10Years filed
- $282,233,358Premium filed
- $547,121,713Indemnity paid
- $661,393,575Liability insured
- 1,976,754Quantity planted
- 2,938,527Quantity lost
- 13,868Policies
- 13,862Policies with a loss
- 1.94Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Drought $296,822,543 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $74,203,226 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $67,721,573 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $52,263,995 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $24,639,844 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $16,113,910 indemnity · 9 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 3.68Low end of the filed band
- 4.19Middle of the filed band
- 7.97High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (9.35)
- 10Years filed
- $4,633,155Premium filed
- $21,942,448Indemnity paid
- $33,601,296Liability insured
- 35,771Quantity planted
- 35,901Quantity lost
- 483Policies
- 483Policies with a loss
- 4.74Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Hot Wind $5,520,860 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $5,288,013 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $4,945,531 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,097,453 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,172,107 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $963,093 indemnity · 4 years
Annual Forage 6 years filed
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.04Middle of the filed band
- 2.39High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.39)
- 6Years filed
- $8,894,547Premium filed
- $14,136,154Indemnity paid
- $27,471,764Liability insured
- 105,801Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 621Policies
- 621Policies with a loss
- 1.59Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $14,136,154 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.58Low end of the filed band
- 1.55Middle of the filed band
- 2.02High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.12)
- 10Years filed
- $722,772Premium filed
- $1,149,997Indemnity paid
- $2,592,930Liability insured
- 80,402Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 375Policies
- 375Policies with a loss
- 1.59Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,149,997 indemnity · 10 years
Grain Sorghum 9 years filed
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 2.97High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.97)
- 9Years filed
- $561,162Premium filed
- $1,071,463Indemnity paid
- $1,631,018Liability insured
- 15,066Quantity planted
- 15,182Quantity lost
- 224Policies
- 224Policies with a loss
- 1.91Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Heat $343,203 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $242,438 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $240,972 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $73,620 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $59,235 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $47,589 indemnity · 4 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.76Low end of the filed band
- 1.46Middle of the filed band
- 3.28High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.72)
- 10Years filed
- $276,087Premium filed
- $554,764Indemnity paid
- $1,087,158Liability insured
- 8,316Quantity planted
- 8,329Quantity lost
- 147Policies
- 147Policies with a loss
- 2.01Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dawson County
- Drought $143,998 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $136,262 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $105,981 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $94,273 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $39,691 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $11,137 indemnity · 3 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.