IRONWOOD WIND
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 168 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Ford County
- Operator
- IRONWOOD WINDPOWER LLC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2012
- EIA plant ID
- 57639
- Generators
- 1
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 252 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 17%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 37.8554, -99.7369
IRONWOOD WIND, a 168 MW Wind power plant in Ford County, Kansas. Operated by IRONWOOD WINDPOWER LLC, commissioned 2012.
How IRONWOOD WIND compares
With 168 MW of capacity, IRONWOOD WIND ranks 19th among the 115 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Kansas and 5th of the 21 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.2% of Kansas's operating Wind capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 96th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2012, it is newer than 86% of the 113 operating Kansas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Ford County with 3 other operating plants, including FORT DODGE and SPEARVILLE.
EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 168 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 252 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor), down 51% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 411 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORT DODGE (149 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
IRONWOOD WIND is a 168 MW wind power plant in Ford County, KS, operated by IRONWOOD WINDPOWER LLC, commissioned in 2012. Ford County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.8 of 5 at the 95th national percentile. Hail is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 96th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Ford County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | Relatively High | 96th | 4.8 of 5 | 10.8 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 93rd | 4.7 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 88th | 4.5 of 5 | 2.0 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 81st | 4.2 of 5 | 0.56 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 68th | 3.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Moderate | 55th | 3.2 of 5 | 11.1 |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | 45.0 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 32nd | 2.3 of 5 | 4.7 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 14th | 1.5 of 5 | 0.96 |
Perils not assessed in Ford 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 |
|---|---|
| Hurricane | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Ford 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.