Power Plants Near 66725 — Columbus, KS

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66725 (Columbus, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1699, -94.8899 · County: Cherokee

Natural Gas 63%Wind 31%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.5 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
15.3 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
16.8 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
21.2 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
23.5 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
24.4 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.3 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
25.8 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
30.9 mi	Mound Mound Valley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
32.5 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
33.4 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
33.8 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
34.5 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
34.6 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
37.7 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
38.7 mi	Cml&p Generating Facility No. 2 Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	56 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)
39.8 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
40.9 mi	Coffeyville Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	44 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)
43.3 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
45.3 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.4 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
46.6 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
47.1 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
47.9 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
49.2 mi	Pensacola Langley, OK	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Grand River Dam Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus, Kansas (ZIP 66725), with a combined 2,582 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Riverton 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 Kansas, visit the Kansas state page.

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