Power Plants Near 52542 — Cantril, IA

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52542 (Cantril, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6546, -92.0465 · County: Van Buren

Coal 38%Natural Gas 22%Wind 22%Solar 8%Hydroelectric 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.3 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
20.1 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
22.1 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
23.5 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
30.5 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.6 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
33.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.9 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
39.2 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
39.7 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
39.9 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
40.5 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.7 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.0 mi	Kirksville Kirksville, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.2 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.8 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.3 mi	Morris Solar Kirksville, MO	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
45.8 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
48.4 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.1 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.4 mi	La Plata La Plata, MO	Oil	4 MW	City Of La Plata - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Cantril, Iowa (ZIP 52542), with a combined 1,890 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Memphis at 15.3 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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