Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mountain City, NV: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2019 is still open for Mountain City Water and Sewer. Mountain City has no town government of its own, so Elko County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Elko County School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mountain City, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Mountain City.
Power comes from Raft Rural Elec Coop
Raft Rural Elec Coop (Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Mountain City. Its homes paid an average of 11.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $96 a month (its average across Nevada).
Start or move service: rrelectric.com · (208) 645-2211
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mountain City Water and Sewer
Mountain City Water and Sewer supplies Mountain City: about 7% of residents live in its service area. About 93% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 30 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people. 1 older violation is still open, since 2019: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2017–Dec 2025, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 70% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NV0000170.
Which providers serve Mountain City
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Mountain City, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Mountain City’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mountain City.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mountain City is in Elko County School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Mountain City is unincorporated, so Elko County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mountain City is in ZIP code 89831
ZIP codes where Mountain City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mountain City | ZIP’s residents in Mountain City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89831 | Mountain City, NV | 100% | 29% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Mountain City
Who supplies Mountain City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mountain City Water and Sewer (EPA ID NV0000170). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan 2017–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mountain City?
Raft Rural Elec Coop (Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Mountain City?
89831. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mountain City in?
Elko County School District.
How do I register to vote in Mountain City?
In 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). Elections here are run by the Elko County Clerk. Check your registration at nvsos.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.