Power Plants Near 38481 — Saint Joseph, TN

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 38481 (Saint Joseph, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0376, -87.5018 · County: Lawrence

Nuclear 45%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.3 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.0 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.0 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
26.7 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
28.3 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.4 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
29.6 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
31.0 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.7 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.5 mi	Sr Clifton Clifton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Clifton, Llc
36.4 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc
36.5 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
37.0 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
39.2 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc
42.3 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.2 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Saint Joseph, Tennessee (ZIP 38481), with a combined 8,528 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wheeler Dam at 17.3 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Tennessee, visit the Tennessee state page.

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