title: Stony Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary)
text: # Stony Creek (Stewarts Creek tributary)
  
  Stony Creek is a 4.50 mi (7.24 km) long 2nd order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Goins Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Stony Creek rises about 0.5 miles northeast of Lambsburg, Virginia in Carroll County and then flows southeast into North Carolina and then southwest to join Stewarts Creek about 2 miles east of Crooked Oak, North Carolina.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Stony Creek drains 3.74 square miles (9.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 48.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 342.16, and is about 59% forested.
  
  