Power Plants Near 65232 — Benton City, MO

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 65232 (Benton City, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1209, -91.7661 · County: Audrain

Natural Gas 40%Nuclear 37%Solar 11%Oil 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Mexico Mexico, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
5.0 mi	Envoy Solar, Llc Mexico, MO	Solar	—	Birch Creek Power, Llc
11.2 mi	Mjmeuc Generating Station #1 Laddonia, MO	Natural Gas	13 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
14.7 mi	Show Me State Solar Kingdom City, MO	Solar	—	Show Me State Solar, Llc
17.9 mi	Audrain Generating Station Vandalia, MO	Natural Gas	814 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
17.9 mi	Huck Finn Renewable Energy Center Vandalia, MO	Solar	200 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.0 mi	Fulton (Mo) Fulton, MO	Natural Gas	33 MW	City Of Fulton - (Mo)
21.9 mi	Blue Jay Road Solar, Llc Jasper Township, MO	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
23.0 mi	Altona Solar, Llc Centralia, MO	Solar	30 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
24.3 mi	Montgomery County Community Solar Center New Florence, MO	Solar	6 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
25.0 mi	Callaway Fulton, MO	Nuclear	1,236 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
27.6 mi	Columbia Energy Center Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	163 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
28.0 mi	Truman Solar Colombia, MO	Solar	10 MW	Truman Solar, Llc
28.7 mi	Clarence Cannon Monroe City, MO	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Usce-St Louis District
31.5 mi	Columbia (Mo) Columbia, MO	Oil	61 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
32.7 mi	Mu Combined Heat And Power Plant Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	91 MW	Curators Of The University Of Missouri
32.9 mi	Peno Creek Bowling Green, MO	Natural Gas	240 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.7 mi	Mbs Textbook Exchange Columbia, MO	Oil	2 MW	Mbs Textbook Exchange Llc
37.2 mi	Blue Bird Solar, Llc Warrenton, MO	Solar	139 MW	Blue Bird Solar, Llc
42.1 mi	Ameresco Jefferson City Jefferson City, MO	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Jefferson City Llc
42.4 mi	Shelbina Power #2 Shelbina, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Shelbina - (Mo)
42.4 mi	Shelbina Power #1 Shelbina, MO	Oil	5 MW	City Of Shelbina - (Mo)
42.7 mi	Shelbina Power #3 Shelbina, MO	Oil	4 MW	City Of Shelbina - (Mo)
43.0 mi	Moreau Moreau, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
43.7 mi	Moberly Moberly, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
43.9 mi	Fairgrounds Jefferson City, MO	Oil	68 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.0 mi	Fayette Fayette, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Fayette - (Mo)
49.4 mi	Winfield Solar Winfield, MO	Solar	—	Winfield Solar I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Benton City, Missouri (ZIP 65232), with a combined 3,376 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mexico at 3.9 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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