Power Plants Near 50854 — Mount Ayr, IA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50854 (Mount Ayr, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7142, -94.2321 · County: Ringgold

Wind 81%Natural Gas 15%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.2 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
13.2 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
16.9 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
20.6 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
25.0 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.2 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
30.0 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.6 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.4 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
34.2 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
34.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
34.9 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
37.0 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
38.3 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
39.1 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
41.6 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
41.9 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
41.9 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
42.0 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
42.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
42.4 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
42.5 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
43.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.5 mi	Bluegrass Ridge King City, MO	Wind	57 MW	Wind Capital Holdings, Llc
44.5 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
47.7 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
48.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Mount Ayr, Iowa (ZIP 50854), with a combined 2,889 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Birch at 13.2 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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