Crop-loss band · Washington
Columbia County, Washington — crop-loss band
- 1.73Low end of the filed band
- 2.54Middle of the filed band
- 4.13High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.13)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Columbia 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 1.73 at the low end to 4.13 at the high end, with 2.54 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2021, at 6.13. 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 | $1,971,288 | $8,143,202 | $31,425,787 | 776 | 776 | 4.13 |
| 2016 | $474,688 | $1,952,216 | $6,877,783 | 126 | 121 | 4.11 |
| 2017 | $470,247 | $1,540,456 | $6,781,461 | 186 | 186 | 3.28 |
| 2018 | $322,470 | $820,049 | $4,183,726 | 129 | 128 | 2.54 |
| 2019 | $1,266,868 | $3,052,292 | $16,829,671 | 324 | 324 | 2.41 |
| 2020 | $246,454 | $473,426 | $2,723,746 | 60 | 60 | 1.92 |
| 2021 | $3,026,044 | $18,540,121 | $42,417,225 | 745 | 744 | 6.13 |
| 2022 | $439,267 | $759,459 | $3,913,244 | 123 | 123 | 1.73 |
| 2023 | $7,192,876 | $21,987,701 | $66,063,134 | 621 | 621 | 3.06 |
| 2024 | $4,066,045 | $8,015,491 | $40,790,801 | 549 | 549 | 1.97 |
Commodities insured in Columbia County
5 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
- 0.98Low end of the filed band
- 3.04Middle of the filed band
- 4.77High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (7.34)
- 10Years filed
- $15,538,973Premium filed
- $53,467,010Indemnity paid
- $181,721,271Liability insured
- 401,866Quantity planted
- 408,397Quantity lost
- 2,171Policies
- 2,164Policies with a loss
- 3.44Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Columbia County
- Drought $37,836,728 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $6,605,592 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $4,997,227 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $830,173 indemnity · 7 years
- XX $798,312 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $472,874 indemnity · 6 years
Dry Peas 10 years filed
- 1.74Low end of the filed band
- 2.39Middle of the filed band
- 4.24High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.25)
- 10Years filed
- $2,833,163Premium filed
- $9,690,850Indemnity paid
- $33,489,070Liability insured
- 120,306Quantity planted
- 121,040Quantity lost
- 1,112Policies
- 1,112Policies with a loss
- 3.42Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Columbia County
- Drought $6,196,817 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,298,354 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $1,256,988 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $439,267 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $192,811 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $114,531 indemnity · 3 years
Barley 8 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 2.79Middle of the filed band
- 4.76High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.76)
- 8Years filed
- $373,069Premium filed
- $1,218,758Indemnity paid
- $3,956,781Liability insured
- 14,446Quantity planted
- 14,446Quantity lost
- 194Policies
- 194Policies with a loss
- 3.27Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Columbia County
- Drought $958,462 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $136,049 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $72,025 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $22,214 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $12,071 indemnity · 2 years
- All Other Causes $10,516 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 5 years filed
- 0.17Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 2.14High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.14)
- 5Years filed
- $328,149Premium filed
- $549,470Indemnity paid
- $1,518,237Liability insured
- 40,167Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 81Policies
- 81Policies with a loss
- 1.67Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Columbia County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $549,470 indemnity · 5 years
Canola 5 years filed
- 0.34Low end of the filed band
- 0.67Middle of the filed band
- 1.44High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (1.44)
- 5Years filed
- $402,891Premium filed
- $358,325Indemnity paid
- $1,321,218Liability insured
- 4,033Quantity planted
- 3,824Quantity lost
- 81Policies
- 81Policies with a loss
- 0.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Columbia County
- Drought $309,079 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $19,898 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $11,366 indemnity · 4 years
- All Other Causes $8,417 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $6,070 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,494 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Washington → Buy the Columbia 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.