Power Plants Near 51650 — Riverton, IA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51650 (Riverton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6629, -95.5773 · County: Fremont

Coal 51%Wind 20%Natural Gas 15%Nuclear 11%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
10.8 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
11.0 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
12.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.2 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
14.8 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
15.3 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
15.6 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
17.3 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
21.0 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
23.7 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
26.9 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
28.2 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.5 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
34.6 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
36.1 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
38.3 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.3 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
41.6 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
42.0 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
42.5 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
42.8 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
44.5 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
45.9 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
48.8 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
49.3 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
49.4 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
49.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Riverton, Iowa (ZIP 51650), with a combined 7,206 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Farmers City Wind Llc at 6.7 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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