Midas, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,920 ft 1,805 m5,850 ft 1,780 m5,810 ft 1,770 m5,740 ft 1,750 m5,670 ft 1,725 m5,630 ft 1,715 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Midas sits at about 5,760 ft (1,755 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,760 ft 1,755 m
few residents
Lowest
5,630 ft 1,715 m
on the south side
Highest
5,920 ft 1,805 m
at the foot of the Snowstorm Mountains
Average
5,760 ft 1,755 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Midas spans about 290 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 5,760 ft1,755 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Snowstorm Mountains | 5,920 ft1,805 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 5,630 ft1,715 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Midas | 5,740 ft1,750 m |
| Average of all land | 5,760 ft1,755 m |
| Nearest peak Jake Creek Mountain, 5.7 mi west of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 8,387 ft2,556 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,760 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.3 °F94.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.2 inHg (81.9 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Elko County, Nevada, United States
- Population
- 1 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 7.3 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.2441° N, 116.7968° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rock Creek → Humboldt River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wildhorse6,260 ft
- Tuscarora6,140 ft
- Midas5,760 ft
- Carlin4,920 ft
- Paradise Valley4,530 ft
- Valmy4,520 ft
- Battle Mountain4,510 ft
- Golconda4,410 ft
- Winnemucca4,400 ft
- Grass Valley4,370 ft
- Orovada4,290 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nevada27th highest of 138
- Towns in Elko County5th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Neva8,580 ft
- Kelly Creek Mountain8,407 ft
- Jake Creek Mountain8,387 ft
- Sixmile Hill7,500 ft
- Black Mountain, Lander County6,991 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Midas is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.