Power Plants Near 50672 — Steamboat Rock, IA

69 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50672 (Steamboat Rock, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4178, -93.0629 · County: Hardin

Natural Gas 49%Wind 46%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.3 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.3 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
16.4 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.5 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
19.1 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.5 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
20.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
22.2 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.5 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
23.1 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
26.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
27.6 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.6 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.6 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.2 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.6 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
30.9 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.0 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
31.1 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
31.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
31.5 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
31.8 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
32.7 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
32.8 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.8 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
33.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.8 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.4 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
35.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
36.1 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
36.3 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
36.8 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
36.9 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
37.1 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
37.1 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
37.1 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
37.5 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
38.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
40.0 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
40.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.3 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
40.5 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
42.9 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.9 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
44.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
44.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
45.0 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
46.1 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
47.4 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.1 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
48.7 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
48.7 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
49.3 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
50.0 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 69 power plants within 50 miles of Steamboat Rock, Iowa (ZIP 50672), with a combined 4,249 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 69 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wellsburg Wind Project at 5.3 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 Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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