Power Plants Near 72901 — Fort Smith, AR

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 72901 (Fort Smith, Arkansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.3653, -94.4110 · County: Sebastian

Hydroelectric 36%Coal 35%Natural Gas 25%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.6 mi	Ellis Hydro Van Buren, AR	Hydroelectric	32 MW	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp
8.3 mi	Lee Creek Water Treatment Facility Van Buren, AR	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Fort Smith
17.8 mi	River Valley Panama, OK	Coal	350 MW	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
20.6 mi	Robert S Kerr Keota, OK	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Usce-Tulsa District
27.7 mi	Branch Solar Farm Branch, AR	Solar	5 MW	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
33.9 mi	Arkansas Valley Ozark, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.0 mi	Fayetteville Public Schools (Swepco) Booneville, AR	Solar	4 MW	Nabholz Solar Fps, Llc
34.0 mi	Lrwra Little Rock, AR	Solar	4 MW	Entegrity Solar Lrwra, Llc
34.2 mi	Ozark Ozark, AR	Hydroelectric	100 MW	Usce-Little Rock District
34.8 mi	Thomas Fitzhugh Ozark, AR	Natural Gas	185 MW	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp
38.4 mi	City Of Paris Solar Paris, AR	Solar	2 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
39.4 mi	Tenkiller Ferry Gore, OK	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Usce-Tulsa District
41.6 mi	Ozark Solar Park Lincoln, AR	Solar	2 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.7 mi	Webbers Falls Webbers Falls, OK	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Usce-Tulsa District
47.8 mi	Elkins Generating Center Elkins, AR	Natural Gas	66 MW	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp
49.1 mi	Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant Hybr Fayetteville, AR	Solar	11 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.3 mi	Fayetteville Public Schools (Ozarks) Elkins, AR	Solar	1 MW	Nabholz Solar Fps Ozarks, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Smith, Arkansas (ZIP 72901), with a combined 989 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ellis Hydro at 6.6 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 Arkansas, visit the Arkansas state page.

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