Power Plants Near 66701 — Fort Scott, KS

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66701 (Fort Scott, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8216, -94.7148 · County: Bourbon

Coal 59%Wind 31%Oil 4%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.9 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
16.0 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
19.0 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
20.3 mi	Nevada Nevada, MO	Oil	22 MW	Evergy Missouri West
22.7 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
25.8 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
29.8 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
31.9 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
32.5 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
33.3 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
33.6 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
36.6 mi	La Cygne La Cygne, KS	Coal	1,599 MW	Evergy Metro
36.6 mi	Butler Municipal Power Plant Butler, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Butler - (Mo)
36.8 mi	Butler Solar Power Project Butler, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
38.9 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
38.9 mi	El Dorado Springs Solar Farm El Dorado Springs, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
39.4 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
41.5 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
41.6 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
41.7 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
42.3 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
42.3 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
43.0 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
43.1 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
43.2 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
48.3 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
48.8 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
48.8 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
49.9 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Scott, Kansas (ZIP 66701), with a combined 2,690 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oak Grove Power Producers at 13.9 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 Kansas, visit the Kansas state page.

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