Crop-loss band · Washington
Klickitat County, Washington — crop-loss band
- 1.96Low end of the filed band
- 4.34Middle of the filed band
- 5.90High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (5.94)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Klickitat County is in the series below, from 2016 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.96 at the low end to 5.90 at the high end, with 4.34 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 5.94. 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 | $752,961 | $4,443,535 | $10,420,206 | 158 | 158 | 5.90 |
| 2016 | $799,738 | $4,108,800 | $11,768,730 | 153 | 153 | 5.14 |
| 2017 | $757,741 | $2,911,355 | $9,750,507 | 198 | 198 | 3.84 |
| 2018 | $1,145,151 | $3,365,364 | $12,967,128 | 114 | 114 | 2.94 |
| 2019 | $1,775,283 | $10,552,410 | $31,025,066 | 242 | 242 | 5.94 |
| 2020 | $2,075,728 | $9,007,812 | $26,559,326 | 341 | 341 | 4.34 |
| 2021 | $2,947,867 | $13,260,204 | $40,130,967 | 408 | 406 | 4.50 |
| 2022 | $1,649,644 | $3,230,750 | $7,633,671 | 342 | 342 | 1.96 |
| 2023 | $4,117,770 | $19,801,247 | $50,040,920 | 434 | 434 | 4.81 |
| 2024 | $4,336,065 | $15,002,286 | $44,817,480 | 448 | 448 | 3.46 |
Commodities insured in Klickitat 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.
Grapes 7 years filed
- 1.48Low end of the filed band
- 15.65Middle of the filed band
- 49.27High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (49.27)
- 7Years filed
- $2,722,372Premium filed
- $34,104,781Indemnity paid
- $83,287,497Liability insured
- 18,936Quantity planted
- 19,124Quantity lost
- 79Policies
- 77Policies with a loss
- 12.53Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Klickitat County
- Freeze $13,070,091 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $5,833,960 indemnity · 3 years
- Frost $4,769,059 indemnity · 5 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $4,261,174 indemnity · 2 years
- Fire $4,183,756 indemnity · 2 years
- Hot Wind $635,044 indemnity · 1 years
Whole Farm Revenue Protection 9 years filed
- 2.75Low end of the filed band
- 6.18Middle of the filed band
- 11.83High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (11.83)
- 9Years filed
- $3,313,948Premium filed
- $19,905,772Indemnity paid
- $80,635,585Liability insured
- 0Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 47Policies
- 47Policies with a loss
- 6.01Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Klickitat County
- Decline in Price $10,249,863 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $4,337,186 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Wet Weather $1,772,575 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $1,130,833 indemnity · 3 years
- All Other Causes $892,491 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $446,245 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.50Low end of the filed band
- 2.39Middle of the filed band
- 4.01High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (6.53)
- 10Years filed
- $5,341,249Premium filed
- $14,952,028Indemnity paid
- $39,850,614Liability insured
- 232,507Quantity planted
- 230,899Quantity lost
- 919Policies
- 919Policies with a loss
- 2.80Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Klickitat County
- Drought $7,484,801 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,399,720 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $1,347,683 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Wet Weather $1,256,079 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $537,702 indemnity · 5 years
- Fire $470,035 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 9 years filed
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 1.71Middle of the filed band
- 2.56High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.56)
- 9Years filed
- $7,290,243Premium filed
- $12,993,410Indemnity paid
- $28,140,943Liability insured
- 809,374Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,739Policies
- 1,739Policies with a loss
- 1.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Klickitat County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $12,993,410 indemnity · 9 years
Cherries 10 years filed
- 0.82Low end of the filed band
- 1.59Middle of the filed band
- 3.49High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.58)
- 10Years filed
- $1,690,135Premium filed
- $3,727,772Indemnity paid
- $13,199,361Liability insured
- 1,801Quantity planted
- 1,801Quantity lost
- 54Policies
- 54Policies with a loss
- 2.21Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Klickitat County
- Heat $1,892,694 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $777,613 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $333,978 indemnity · 3 years
- Frost $204,544 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $201,601 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $171,287 indemnity · 3 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Washington → Buy the Klickitat 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.