Updated: 12/22/2025 at 12:55 pm
We have closed the Emergency Operations Center and continue to monitor rivers and impacts as part of our normal City functions.
As of 1 pm today, Stewart Road is back open at the bridge. The White River still runs high but has lowered enough to get this route back open. Thank you for your patience through this closure.
Reporting Storm Damage
Pierce County encourages residents and businesses affected by the severe weather to report damages to help the County assess impacts and coordinate recovery efforts. This includes residents and businesses within incorporated cities like Sumner. Reporting damage is an important first step in determining community needs and may be required before state or federal disaster assistance becomes available. Pierce County has established a centralized webpage for damage reporting and recovery information:
River Level Predictions
We will continue to monitor the situation. You can watch the predictions at the following links:
White River at the R Street Gauge Please note that due to silt in the river, we don’t believe this gauge is reporting completely accurately.
Puyallup River at the Puyallup Gauge
Emergency Alerts
We will continue to update this website as needed. If we need to send any notices of evacuations or impacts, we are using the Pierce County Alert system. To sign up your business or residence, go to PC Alert. It helps to sign up your full address. If you sign up just with your zip code, you’ll get all alerts for 98390 and not know if flooding is impacting your specific area or not.
Link to Support Services
To our knowledge, no one in the City of Sumner was displaced by flooding; however, we know that neighbors near the city continue to experience impacts. Below is a partial list of resources for displaced or those who want to volunteer with groups:
- Community Resources | Pierce County, WA – Official Website
- Search and connect to Social Care: findhelp.org by findhelp – Search and Connect to Social Care
- Home – WA 211 (or call 211)
- Pierce County Human Services: (253) 798-4400
- Sumner Food Bank: 253-863-3793
- Puyallup Food Bank: 253-848-5240
- Good Roots NW: (253) 303-5909
- Red Cross Shelters in area: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/find-an-open-shelter.html?s…
