Power Plants Near 64784 — Sheldon, MO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64784 (Sheldon, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6840, -94.2548 · County: Vernon

Natural Gas 71%Wind 25%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.5 mi	Nevada Nevada, MO	Oil	22 MW	Evergy Missouri West
18.3 mi	El Dorado Springs Solar Farm El Dorado Springs, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
21.5 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
24.7 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
26.6 mi	Stockton Hydro Stockton, MO	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Usce-Kansas City District
27.4 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
28.9 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
30.7 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
34.2 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
35.1 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
38.6 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
39.7 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
40.4 mi	Butler Municipal Power Plant Butler, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Butler - (Mo)
40.8 mi	Butler Solar Power Project Butler, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
41.5 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.4 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
42.7 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
46.7 mi	Montrose Clinton, MO	Coal	—	Evergy Metro
46.7 mi	Beavertail Solar Montrose, MO	Solar	—	Beavertail Solar, Llc
47.0 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
48.8 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Sheldon, Missouri (ZIP 64784), with a combined 2,015 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nevada at 12.5 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 Missouri, visit the Missouri state page.

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