Power Plants Near 59487 — Vaughn, MT

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59487 (Vaughn, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.5624, -111.5770 · County: Cascade

Hydroelectric 66%Wind 33%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Horseshoe Bend Wind Park Great Falls, MT	Wind	9 MW	Cycle Holdings, Llc
15.0 mi	Black Eagle Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
15.1 mi	Black Eagle Solar, Llc Black Eagle, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
17.5 mi	Rainbow (Mt) Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
17.9 mi	Cochrane Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
21.1 mi	Greenfield Wind - Mt Fairfield, MT	Wind	25 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21.2 mi	Ryan Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
21.2 mi	Fairfield Wind Fairfield, MT	Wind	10 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
24.1 mi	Morony Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	63 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
24.4 mi	Turnbull Hydro Fairfield, MT	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Turnbull Hydro Llc
44.2 mi	Holter Wolf Creek, MT	Hydroelectric	57 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
46.6 mi	Spion Kop Wind Farm Geyser, MT	Wind	40 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
47.8 mi	South Peak Wind Geyser, MT	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Vaughn, Montana (ZIP 59487), with a combined 498 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Horseshoe Bend Wind Park at 7.8 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 Montana, visit the Montana state page.

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