Power Plants Near 50859 — Prescott, IA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50859 (Prescott, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0577, -94.5942 · County: Adams

Wind 86%Natural Gas 9%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
7.6 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.8 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
10.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.5 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
12.4 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
13.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
13.5 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.1 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
14.3 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
14.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.0 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
17.0 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
18.4 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
18.4 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
19.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
19.5 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
21.0 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
21.2 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
22.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
23.2 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
23.3 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
24.2 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
24.4 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
25.5 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
27.4 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.2 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
29.5 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.7 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
32.2 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
33.1 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.0 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.8 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
35.9 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
43.1 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.4 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
46.4 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
49.0 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Prescott, Iowa (ZIP 50859), with a combined 3,440 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prescott Wind Farm at 4.4 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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