Henry Watson was the owner of a large farm at the source who had three grist mills and a sawmill.

[4] Watson Creek begins in the Stockton Conglomerate, laid down during the Triassic, mineralogy includes conglomerate of quartz cobbles and boulders, and sandstone.

Next, it passes through the Beekmantown Group, deposited during the Ordovician, and consists of limestone and dolomite with some chert and calcite.

Lastly, it meets with the Lahaska Creek in the Allentown Formation, which was deposited during the Cambrian, consisting of dolomite, limestone, chert, siltstone, with some oölites, stromatolites, and sharpstone.

[5] Watson Creek is listed as a Class D Natural Reproduction Trout Stream by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.