When will the power be back in Sumner, WA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Sumner is a city of about 10,885 residents in Pierce County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Sumner by name, so this page reports the Pierce County county-wide view, which covers Sumner. If a serving utility does name Sumner during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Sumner:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Sumner: the closest other places we track are Edgewood, about 2 miles to the west; Puyallup, about 4 miles to the southwest; Bonney Lake, about 4 miles to the southeast; and Fife, about 6 miles to the west. Also nearby: Auburn (6 mi N), Federal Way (8 mi NW), Tacoma (11 mi W), Enumclaw (12 mi E), Kent (12 mi N), Covington (12 mi NE), Des Moines (12 mi N) and Maple Valley (14 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward SeaTac (16 mi); northeast toward Snoqualmie (28 mi); east toward Ellensburg (81 mi); southwest toward Yelm (27 mi); west toward Lakewood (14 mi); and northwest toward Gig Harbor (19 mi).
Who serves Sumner?
We track live outage data from Puget Sound Energy, Tacoma Power ↗, Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co and Lakeview Light & Power in Pierce County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Peninsula Light Company, PUD No. 1 of Lewis County, Ohop Mutual Light Company and 5 others also serve parts of Pierce County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Sumner's last tracked outage began Sep 25, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 21 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.
- Sep 25 — 36 customers out, restored in 21 hours
- Sep 8 — 148 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Pierce County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Pierce County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Sumner, WA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Sumner's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Sumner, WA?
To check your own street, search a Sumner ZIP code — 98352 or 98390 — and the map opens on that area.
