Power Plants Near 66839 — Burlington, KS

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66839 (Burlington, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.2363, -95.7336 · County: Coffey

Nuclear 44%Natural Gas 33%Wind 20%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.4 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
3.1 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
3.8 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
3.8 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
4.6 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
20.7 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
23.1 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
26.6 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
26.9 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
27.4 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
27.9 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
29.1 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
31.4 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
32.4 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
32.9 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
35.9 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
36.3 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
40.3 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
41.1 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
43.8 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
43.9 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.7 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
45.9 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
45.9 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
46.5 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
47.4 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.5 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
47.8 mi	Fredonia (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Oil	3 MW	City Of Fredonia - (Ks)
47.8 mi	Fredonia Solar (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Solar	2 MW	Ppm Solar Llc
48.1 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.4 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Burlington, Kansas (ZIP 66839), with a combined 2,978 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wolf Creek Generating Station at 2.4 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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