Sumner, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner, Washington, shaded from 34 ft near the middle to 670 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
670 ft 205 m510 ft 155 m430 ft 130 m270 ft 85 m110 ft 35 m34 ft 10 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sumner sits at about 68 ft (21 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
68 ft 21 m
most residents: 63–75 ft
Lowest
34 ft 10 m
near the middle
Highest
670 ft 205 m
on the southeast side
Average
98 ft 30 m
all land inside city limits

Sumner spans about 636 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
68 ft21 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
670 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
34 ft10 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sumner
74 ft22 m
Airport (PLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi south of the city limits
538 ft164 m
Average of all land98 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner, Washington, shaded from 34 ft near the middle to 670 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
10,885 2024 est.
Land area
7.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,441 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.2032° N, 122.2404° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Airport
Pierce County/Thun Field (PLU) 538 ft
ZIP codes 1
98390
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bonney Lake590 ft
  2. Lake Tapps570 ft
  3. South Hill500 ft
  4. Edgewood360 ft
  5. Milton280 ft
  6. Puyallup150 ft
  7. McMillin140 ft
  8. Alderton82 ft
  9. Pacific76 ft
  10. Sumner68 ft
  11. North Puyallup53 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bearhead Mountain6,093 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mountain, King County3,519 ft
  • Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
  • Taylor Mountain2,610 ft
  • Squak Mountain2,020 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (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).
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.