It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6.

Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power plants.

The creek runs roughly North then Northeast and then continues East, flowing past the city of Bishop before its confluence with the Owens River.

The creek was named after Owens Valley settler Samuel Addison Bishop.

[2] In 1982, a dam burst in the Sierra Nevada mountains, causing 6 inches (152.4 mm) of water to enter into Bishop Creek.