The most common land use in the watershed of Bowman Creek is forested land, which occupies , or 82.98 percent of the watershed. Another , or 10.46 percent, consists of meadows, while R-1 tracts of make up , or 2.68 percent of the watershed. Agricultural land makes up (2.59 percent of the watershed), water occupies (0.60 percent of the watershed), and farmsteads occupy (0.19 percent of the watershed). Orchards occupy (0.13 percent of the watershed), commercial land occupies (0.10 percent of the creek's watershed). R-2 tracts of also make up (0.10 percent of the creek's watershed), while mining land makes up (0.06 percent of the watershed). Open space and R-4 tracts of less than each occupy (0.04 percent of the watershed), while R-3 tracts of makes up (0.03 percent of the watershed).