 The stream is in the Bloomsburg USGS Topographical Quadrant.The valley of Stony Brook is forested and largely undeveloped.Although there is agricultural land upstream of the valley and on both sides of it and a housing development located on one side of the valley, there is no road going through the valley, and the Columbia County Natural Heritage Inventory strongly discourages the construction of one, stating that it would "be the most destructive action against this Exceptional Value Waters stream.