Power Plants Near 51465 — Vail, IA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51465 (Vail, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0338, -95.1778 · County: Crawford

Wind 92%Natural Gas 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
6.3 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
11.5 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
15.5 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.0 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
16.3 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
22.9 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.8 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.2 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
25.5 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.8 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
27.9 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
28.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
29.5 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
36.7 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.3 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
41.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.8 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
43.9 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
44.7 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
45.5 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
46.7 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.8 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.0 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
47.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.7 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
49.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
49.8 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Vail, Iowa (ZIP 51465), with a combined 2,909 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Silver Queen Wind Farm at 3.2 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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