2025 Flood Recovery Information and Resources

• Local Updates
  • Hovel Road at Bone Creek will be closed until further notice.
  • For immediate shelter, if needed, residents may stay in Camp Trailers as temporary residences on their property. If you have any questions about this, please contact City Hall.
• Small Businesses
  • Small Business Administration Webinar
  • Small Business Disaster Assistance
  • Whatcom County Business Flood Recovery Resources
• Flood Clean-up, Home Protection, and Flood Recovery Assistance
  • Resolution No. 850 An Emergency Declaration of the Mayor – Request for Public Assistance Due to December 2025 Flood Event
  • Protect Your Pipes from Cold Weather
  • New Emergency Shelter Open – Everson – Dec. 18, 2025
  • Swanson Road dumpsite – Flood Debris Cleanup – last day Dec. 31, 2025
  • Sandbag Disposal – Updated Dec. 23, 2025
  • American Red Cross Financial Assistance – Dec. 17, 2025
  • Community Safety Notice – Remain Vigilant – Dec. 15, 2025
  • New Flood Debris Dumpsite – open through January 7th, 2026
  • Flood Relief Funds for Families with Young Children – updated Dec. 31, 2025

You can apply for assistance or find out what resources are available to you by contacting a caseworker through the Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group.

If you’d like to learn more about the elevations & buyouts program, contact City Hall or email Carson Cortez, the city planner (ccortez@cityofsumas.com).

Check the Whatcom County Library System’s extensive database of resources available to Whatcom County residents.

Learn more about the City of Sumas’s Ready, Set, Go evacuation program.

Learn more about what steps you can take to prepare for a flood.

View the City of Sumas’s flood zone map.

View the materials posted by the City during the 2025 Sumas Flood Awareness Week.

News & Updates

Learn more about the Nooksack River Side Channel Enhancement Pilot Project.

Read the November 2022 update from the FLIP Committee, which exists to develop a broadly-supported integrated floodplain management plan for the Nooksack River.

Learn more about the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) Process and the Nooksack Watershed Vision and Implementation Strategies.