Power Plants Near 64836 — Carthage, MO

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64836 (Carthage, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1597, -94.3112 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 79%Wind 17%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
7.1 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
11.5 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
16.1 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
17.9 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
19.3 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
20.7 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
22.2 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
26.0 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
37.2 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
37.7 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
44.3 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
45.1 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
47.4 mi	Stockton Hydro Stockton, MO	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Usce-Kansas City District
47.8 mi	Nevada Nevada, MO	Oil	22 MW	Evergy Missouri West

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Carthage, Missouri (ZIP 64836), with a combined 1,802 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Carthage at 1.3 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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