Power Plants Near 51656 — Yorktown, IA

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51656 (Yorktown, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7374, -95.1562 · County: Page

Coal 41%Wind 35%Natural Gas 12%Nuclear 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.8 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.3 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
16.1 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
17.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
17.7 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.4 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
24.6 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
25.6 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
28.0 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
28.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.9 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
30.1 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
32.8 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
33.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.7 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
35.7 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
35.7 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
36.3 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
36.4 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
36.5 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
37.5 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
39.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
41.8 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
43.5 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
44.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
44.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.0 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.0 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
47.5 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
48.5 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
48.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
48.7 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
49.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.5 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Yorktown, Iowa (ZIP 51656), with a combined 7,331 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah at 11.8 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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