Puyallup River at Puyallup, WA
River level and flood forecast · Pierce County
The river is 16.3 ft below flood stage (26.2 ft).
Forecast to fall to 9.6 ft by Mon, Oct 19, 11 PM.
Flow: 831 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 8:51 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 31 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 30 ft |
| Flood stage | 26.2 ft |
| Action stage | 24 ft |
| Record crest (December 18, 1917) | 34.15 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 31 ftthe Puyallup will cause major flooding along the lower reaches of the river from Sumner downstream to the mouth. Swift waters will overtop levees and flood much of the Puyallup Valley. Erosion with the overtopping is likely to damage levees. The Sumner sewage treatment plant may be flooded. Flooding will occur all along the river including headwaters...tributaries...and other streams within and near the Puyallup River Basin.
- 30 ftthe Puyallup will flood the lower reaches of the river from Sumner downstream to the mouth...overtopping and possibly damaging some levees.
- 26.2 ftthe Puyallup River will flood low-lying and flood prone areas along the river from just downstream and west of the Meridian bridge in Puyallup...upstream to the east end of Sumner.
Highest crests on record
- 34.15 ft — December 18, 1917
- 32.03 ft — January 23, 1919
- 31.84 ft — December 22, 1915
- 31.2 ft — March 10, 1916
- 29.93 ft — December 30, 1917
Recent crests: 26.33 ft (December 9, 2025) · 27.33 ft (February 7, 2020) · 27.07 ft (December 9, 2015) · 25.34 ft (November 25, 2014) · 20.9 ft (December 2, 2013)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (PUYW1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.