The Grayson Creek subwatershed is part of the Walnut Creek (California) watershed and includes the cities of Pleasant Hill and Pacheco, California.

It is primarily a farming community full of rolling hills and small valleys, and is part of the Deer Creek watershed.

Acid mine drainage has been found seeping out some of the abandoned mines and has negatively impacted water quality in the Little Leading Creek watershed.

A small portion of the expansive Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is in the Skiffe's Creek watershed.

In 2006, the City of Burnaby approved a plan to reduce the amount of flooding in the Still Creek watershed (the low-lying area of Gilmore Avenue is heavily flooded every year) while improving fish and wildlife habitat.

The Payne's Creek watershed contains forested reaches, and also provides habitat for numerous understory flora and fauna.

The Lower Penns Creek Watershed Association's central purpose is to protect, conserve, and improve the Lower Penn's Creek watershed by promoting the wise stewardship of the land and aquatic resources.

In Vancouver, the Still Creek watershed is bounded by 1st Avenue, 49th Avenue, Nanaimo Street, and Boundary Road.

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 80 percent of the Leading Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous.

An example wildflower found in the vicinity is the poppy Calochortus luteus, which is at its northern limit at the location of the Payne's Creek watershed.