Power Plants Near 57339 — Fort Thompson, SD

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57339 (Fort Thompson, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.0517, -99.3973 · County: Buffalo

Wind 64%Hydroelectric 36%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.6 mi	Big Bend Dam Chamberlain, SD	Hydroelectric	538 MW	Usace-Omaha
15.9 mi	Chamberlain Wind Project Chamberlain, SD	Wind	3 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
26.0 mi	North Bend Wind Project, Llc Highmore, SD	Wind	200 MW	North Bend Wind Project, Llc
26.2 mi	Triple H Wind Project Highmore, SD	Wind	250 MW	Engie North America
32.2 mi	Rolling Thunder Wind Farm Hybrid Miller, SD	Wind	26 MW	Ae Power Services Llc
32.4 mi	Prairie Winds Sd1 Crow Lake, SD	Wind	162 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
32.6 mi	Future Ct Huron, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
33.1 mi	Brule County Wind Kimball, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.1 mi	Highmore Highmore, SD	Oil	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
34.7 mi	South Dakota Wind Energy Cente Highmore, SD	Wind	41 MW	Fpl Energy South Dakota Wind Llc
37.5 mi	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc St. Lawrence, SD	Wind	200 MW	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc
38.5 mi	Aurora County Wind White Lake, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
40.2 mi	Wessington Springs Wessington Springs, SD	Wind	51 MW	Wessington Wind

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Thompson, South Dakota (ZIP 57339), with a combined 1,510 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Big Bend Dam at 2.6 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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