STONEY/PAINT CREEK

A variety of public participation meetings and workshops were held in the Stony Creek subwatershed between 2000 and 2003 as part of the development of the Stony Creek Subwatershed 2003 Management Plan. In 2006, the updated watershed plan, which included a plan for Paint Creek, was approved by MDEQ. Since that time (and before the plan’s approval), local governments, community leaders, citizens’ groups, businesses, and environmental organizations have worked together to implement their plan.

MUNICIPALITIES

  • Addison Township

  • Auburn Hills

  • Brandon Township

  • Bruce Township

  • Independence Township

  • Lake Orion

  • Oakland Township

  • Orion Township

  • Oxford Township

  • Oxford Village

  • Shelby Township

  • Rochester

  • Rochester Hills

  • Washington Township

AT A GLANCE

STONY CREEK

Area: Approx. 72 square miles

Counties: Oakland

Population: 18,000

Primary Land Uses:
32% Residential
25% Vacant land
13% Recreation/conservation lands

Open Water: Main Branch Stony Creek, West Branch Stony Creek

PAINT CREEK

Area: Approx. 70 square miles

Counties: Oakland

Population: 68,000

Primary Land Uses: residential, vacant land, recreation/conservation land

Open Water: Gallagher Creek, Sargent Creek, Paint Creek