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2015-04-20 14 36 38 View south along Main Street about 2.4 miles north of the junction with Midas Road (Elko County Route 724) in Midas, Nevada

MidasNV

A town in Nevada.

Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Is Midas a good place to live?

Only 3 of the 43 Nevada towns we compare have a lower peak summer temperature than Midas. Midas Schoolhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. We don’t grade Midas yet; the figures below are still real.

What makes Midas stand out

Where Midas beats most towns.

Midas Schoolhouse
Midas Schoolhouse · National Register of Historic Places
Midas’s story

119 years in pictures

The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1965 on.

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 1907Midas is settled
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Getting set up

Moving to Midas: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Midas, and how to reach them.

PowerNV Energy13.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet1 providers0% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsElko County School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Nevada you can register online until 5 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereElko County ClerkElko County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code8941489414 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Midas.

Natural hazards

The FEMA risk score in Midas is higher than in the typical Nevada or U.S. town

Just over three quarters of Midas’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 11%. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 97% of U.S. communities.

97risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
97Very high riskLowerHigher
WildfireInland floodingAvalanches

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Midas: four seasons and pleasant summers

July afternoons reach 88° and January nights drop to 23°.

88°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–40°
Spring34–57°
Summer52–83°
Fall36–62°
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
88°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Midas

10pages on Midas
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Midas; the nearest are

About Midas

Unincorporated community in Nevada, US

Midas is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada. Although its population has fluctuated greatly over the years, it has never been completely abandoned. Alongside Jarbidge, the town was known as one of the biggest twentieth-century gold mining towns in Elko County.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1907

Questions about Midas

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Midas, NV a good place to live?

We don’t grade Midas yet; the figures below are still real. A town in Nevada.