HIGGINSVILLE

Operating

Oil power plant

Capacity: 52 MW
Primary fuel: Oil
County: Lafayette County
Operator: CITY OF HIGGINSVILLE - (MO)
Status: Operating
Commissioned: 1945
EIA plant ID: 2131
Generators: 6
Net generation (2024): 6.4 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate): 1.4%
Data vintage: EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates: 39.0731, -93.7144

HIGGINSVILLE, a 52 MW Oil power plant in Lafayette County, Missouri. Operated by CITY OF HIGGINSVILLE - (MO), commissioned 1945.

How HIGGINSVILLE compares

With 52 MW of capacity, HIGGINSVILLE ranks 42nd among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and 7th of the 33 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.7% of Missouri's operating Oil capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 79th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1945, it is older than 89% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 52 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 6.4 GWh in 2024 (a 1.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1945 and 2004.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by KCP&L GREATER MISSOURI OPERATIONS CO., under 0.1 miles away. One other operating power plant sits within 25 miles: CARROLLTON (21 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Oak Tower in Kansas City, about 46.4 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology

Weather peril exposure

HIGGINSVILLE is a 52 MW oil power plant in Lafayette County, MO, operated by CITY OF HIGGINSVILLE - (MO), commissioned in 1945. Lafayette County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.6 of 5 at the 64th national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 93rd percentile.

The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to an oil plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.

3.6 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure

HighExposure band

Heat waveLeading peril

Relatively LowFEMA county risk rating

Lafayette County hazard ratings

Peril	FEMA rating	National percentile	Peril score	Events per year
Heat wave	Relatively Low	93rd	4.7 of 5	12.9
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	71st	3.8 of 5	0.34
Hail	Relatively Low	71st	3.8 of 5	6.6
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	58th	3.3 of 5	0.88
Earthquake	Very Low	47th	2.9 of 5	<0.01
Riverine flooding	Relatively Low	37th	2.5 of 5	3.0
Wildfire	Very Low	35th	2.4 of 5	<0.01
Winter weather	Relatively Low	33rd	2.3 of 5	10.4
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	28th	2.1 of 5	4.9
Lightning	Relatively Low	19th	1.8 of 5	49.2
Hurricane	Very Low	3rd	1.1 of 5	<0.01

Perils not assessed in Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.