STREETER STATION
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 52 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Operator
- CEDAR FALLS UTILITIES
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1963
- EIA plant ID
- 1131
- Generators
- 2
- Net generation (2024)
- 7.8 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 1.7%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 42.5268, -92.4400
STREETER STATION, a 52 MW Coal power plant in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Operated by CEDAR FALLS UTILITIES, commissioned 1963.
How STREETER STATION compares
With 52 MW of capacity, STREETER STATION ranks 60th among the 198 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Iowa and 13th of the 19 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.8% of Iowa's operating Coal capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 265th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1963, it is older than 82% of the 198 operating Iowa plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CEDAR FALLS UTILITIES, runs 2 operating plants in Iowa totaling 95 MW. It shares Black Hawk County with 5 other operating plants, including ELECTRIFARM and GAS TURBINE.
Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 52 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 7.8 GWh in 2024 (a 1.7% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1963 and 1973.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, about 2.8 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 395 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ELECTRIFARM (264 MW, Natural Gas).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
STREETER STATION is a 52 MW coal power plant in Black Hawk County, IA, operated by CEDAR FALLS UTILITIES, commissioned in 1963. Black Hawk County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.8 of 5 at the 45th national percentile. Tornado is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 89th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a coal plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Black Hawk County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | Relatively High | 89th | 4.6 of 5 | 0.54 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 88th | 4.5 of 5 | 3.9 |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | 74th | 4.0 of 5 | 41.6 |
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 64th | 3.5 of 5 | 17.8 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 57th | 3.3 of 5 | 5.3 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 54th | 3.2 of 5 | 5.0 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 44th | 2.8 of 5 | 0.31 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 4.5 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 16th | 1.6 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 3rd | 1.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Black Hawk County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Black Hawk County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.