Power Plants Near 57359 — Letcher, SD

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57359 (Letcher, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.8923, -98.1743 · County: Sanborn

Wind 86%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
22.1 mi	Wessington Springs Wessington Springs, SD	Wind	51 MW	Wessington Wind
30.5 mi	Prairie Winds Sd1 Crow Lake, SD	Wind	162 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
31.5 mi	Aurora County Wind White Lake, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.0 mi	Huron Huron, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
33.0 mi	Bob Glanzer Generating Station Huron, SD	Natural Gas	69 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
36.5 mi	Mobile Unit Huron, SD	Oil	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.2 mi	Brule County Wind Kimball, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.2 mi	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc St. Lawrence, SD	Wind	200 MW	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Letcher, South Dakota (ZIP 57359), with a combined 526 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell at 7.2 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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