Crop-loss band · Texas
Wheeler County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.52Low end of the filed band
- 2.02Middle of the filed band
- 3.43High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.65)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Wheeler 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 1.52 at the low end to 3.43 at the high end, with 2.02 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 3.65. 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 | $237,450 | $360,482 | $1,313,965 | 41 | 41 | 1.52 |
| 2016 | $198,450 | $629,091 | $1,337,632 | 78 | 78 | 3.17 |
| 2017 | $181,698 | $663,577 | $916,555 | 62 | 62 | 3.65 |
| 2018 | $867,839 | $2,980,676 | $4,427,531 | 166 | 166 | 3.43 |
| 2019 | $498,991 | $1,293,752 | $2,817,503 | 181 | 181 | 2.59 |
| 2020 | $796,770 | $2,609,137 | $4,978,130 | 228 | 228 | 3.27 |
| 2021 | $570,479 | $1,055,415 | $2,612,120 | 177 | 177 | 1.85 |
| 2022 | $1,947,096 | $3,925,105 | $7,948,709 | 247 | 247 | 2.02 |
| 2023 | $1,519,788 | $2,646,870 | $5,854,294 | 303 | 303 | 1.74 |
| 2024 | $1,592,317 | $2,960,608 | $7,339,211 | 313 | 313 | 1.86 |
Commodities insured in Wheeler County
4 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
- 0.35Low end of the filed band
- 2.21Middle of the filed band
- 3.63High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.05)
- 10Years filed
- $5,141,074Premium filed
- $13,452,754Indemnity paid
- $23,880,732Liability insured
- 46,253Quantity planted
- 76,005Quantity lost
- 446Policies
- 446Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- Drought $3,985,479 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,702,690 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,852,454 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $1,812,856 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $1,196,346 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $307,143 indemnity · 3 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.52Middle of the filed band
- 1.82High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.91)
- 10Years filed
- $2,107,277Premium filed
- $3,029,574Indemnity paid
- $8,981,434Liability insured
- 358,712Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,178Policies
- 1,178Policies with a loss
- 1.44Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,029,574 indemnity · 10 years
Corn 9 years filed
- 2.29Low end of the filed band
- 5.06Middle of the filed band
- 10.09High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (10.09)
- 9Years filed
- $305,244Premium filed
- $1,354,397Indemnity paid
- $3,142,422Liability insured
- 5,941Quantity planted
- 5,949Quantity lost
- 30Policies
- 30Policies with a loss
- 4.44Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- Heat $626,662 indemnity · 3 years
- Wildlife $311,730 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $301,333 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $52,863 indemnity · 2 years
- Insects $33,810 indemnity · 1 years
- Mycotoxin $15,806 indemnity · 1 years
Annual Forage 7 years filed
- 1.01Low end of the filed band
- 1.27Middle of the filed band
- 2.47High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.47)
- 7Years filed
- $857,283Premium filed
- $1,287,988Indemnity paid
- $3,541,062Liability insured
- 17,053Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 142Policies
- 142Policies with a loss
- 1.50Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wheeler County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,287,988 indemnity · 7 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.