Birch Lake is a lake 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Bartlesville[1] and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Tulsa. The drainage area for Birch Lake is 66 square miles (170 km2). Its area covers 1,137 acres (4.60 km2) (conservation level).[2] The total capacity is: 52,800 acre-feet (65,100,000 m3), subdivided into: Conservation 15,800 acre-feet (19,500,000 m3), Flood control 39,000 acre-feet (48,000,000 m3), and Inactive storage 15,840 acre-feet (19,540,000 m3).[3]
The lake is formed from Birch Creek, a tributary of Bird Creek.[2] It eventually empties into the Arkansas River. It is twenty miles (32 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.[4]
The lake has largemouth bass, walleye, spotted bass, smallmouth bass, hybrid striped bass, black and white crappie, channel and flathead catfish, and different types of sunfish.[4] The marine law enforcement branch of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Troop W, is headquartered at Birch Lake.[5]
References
- ^ Leisure and Sports Review. Birch Lake, OK
- ^ a b "Corps Lake Gateway: Oklahoma - Birch Lake". Archived from the original on 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
- ^ Draft Environmental Statement Birch Lake, Birch Creek Dam, Reservoir Construction, Osage County. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa. Tulsa, Oklahoma. September 9, 1970. Accessed April 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Tulsa District Lake Information Archived January 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Oklahoma Highway Patrol - Lake Patrol