Fort Gibson
Hydro power plant · Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Nameplate capacity
45 MW
Rank in Oklahoma
#116
of 147 plants
In service since
1953
March 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Tulsa District
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among hydro plants in Oklahoma
- #9 of 11
- EIA plant code
- 3003
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 13 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 13 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 13 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 13 MW | 1953 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Oklahoma
| Stillwater Energy Center | Natural gas | 56 MW |
| Twelvemile Solar 2 | Solar | 52 MW |
| Woodward Energy Storage | Battery storage | 40 MW |
| Tenkiller Ferry | Hydro | 39 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 45 MW solar plant and a 45 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Oklahoma power plants · What Oklahoma actually generates