Power Plants Near 57216 — Big Stone City, SD

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57216 (Big Stone City, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.2850, -96.5614 · County: Grant

Wind 60%Coal 20%Natural Gas 16%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Big Stone Big Stone City, SD	Coal	451 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
5.2 mi	State Auto Insurance Milbank, SD	Oil	2 MW	Slb Milbank Llc
5.8 mi	Valley Queen Cheese Milbank, SD	Oil	5 MW	Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
16.1 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	200 MW	Crowned Ridge Wind, Llc
22.9 mi	Dakota Range Wind Marvin, SD	Wind	304 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
26.4 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Ii Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
26.4 mi	Dakota Range Iii Wind Project Summit, SD	Wind	154 MW	Engie North America
29.1 mi	Deuel Harvest Wind Energy Llc Clear Lake, SD	Wind	300 MW	Southern Power Co
37.5 mi	Webster Ic Webster, SD	Oil	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
37.6 mi	Watertown Power Plant Watertown, SD	Oil	68 MW	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny
38.0 mi	Stevens Community Medical Center Morris, MN	Oil	1 MW	Stevens Community Medical Center
39.3 mi	Umm Wind Turbine Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Morris Campus
39.3 mi	Wcroc Wind Farm Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Wcroc
43.9 mi	Uss Christoffer Solar Llc Csg Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
46.1 mi	Uss Riley Solar Llc (Csg) Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.4 mi	Mn Csg 2019-113 Montevideo, MN	Solar	—	Mn Csg 2019-113 Llc
46.5 mi	Uss Rosewood Solar Llc (Csg) Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.6 mi	Benson City Of Benson, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Benson - (Mn)
47.1 mi	Dakota Magic Hankinson, ND	Oil	2 MW	Dakota Magic Casino
47.9 mi	Tatanka Ridge Toronto, SD	Wind	154 MW	Tatanka Ridge Llc
48.0 mi	Hormel Csg Solar Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	Dg Central 1, Llc
48.3 mi	Taurus Community Solar Montevideo, MN	Solar	4 MW	Taurus Community Solar
48.5 mi	Grant County Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	21 MW	Grant County Wind, Llc
49.1 mi	Astoria Station Astoria, SD	Natural Gas	349 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
50.0 mi	Montevideo Solar Llc, Csg Montevideo, MN	Solar	5 MW	Montevideo Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Big Stone City, South Dakota (ZIP 57216), with a combined 2,235 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Big Stone at 2.8 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 South Dakota, visit the South Dakota state page.

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