Power Plants Near 67487 — Wakefield, KS

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 67487 (Wakefield, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2249, -97.0229 · County: Clay

Coal 56%Wind 40%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.7 mi	Clay Center Clay Center, KS	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Clay Center - (Ks)
14.5 mi	Riley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	2 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
14.7 mi	Corvias - Fort Riley Ii Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
15.2 mi	Munson-Ds&o Junction City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
15.3 mi	Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
24.6 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
25.5 mi	Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine Abilene, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
30.0 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
30.4 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
30.4 mi	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc Miltonvale, KS	Wind	—	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc
32.0 mi	Solomon-Ds&o Solomon, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
35.0 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
37.3 mi	Cloud County Wind Farm Concordia, KS	Wind	201 MW	Cloud County Windfarm, Llc
37.4 mi	Minneapolis City Of Minneapolis, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Minneapolis - (Ks)
38.3 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
38.8 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
45.7 mi	Irish Creek Wind Frankfort, KS	Wind	301 MW	Irish Creek Wind, Llc
46.3 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
47.5 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
48.3 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
48.6 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Wakefield, Kansas (ZIP 67487), with a combined 3,836 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Clay Center at 11.7 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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