Birch Lake is a lake 1.5 miles (2.4Â km) south of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 20 miles (32Â km) southwest of Bartlesville and 30 miles (48Â km) northwest of Tulsa. The drainage area for Birch Lake is 66 square miles (170Â km2). Its area covers 1,137 acres (4.60Â km2) (conservation level). The total capacity is: 52,800 acre feet (65,100,000Â m3), subdivided into: Conservation 15,800 acre feet (19,500,000Â m3), Flood control 39,000 acre feet (48,000,000Â m3),and Inactive storage 15,840 acre feet (19,540,000Â m3).
The lake is formed from Birch Creek, a tributary of Bird Creek. It eventually empties into the Arkansas River. It is twenty miles (32Â km) southweast of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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. The marine law enforcement branch of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Troop W, is headquartered at Birch Lake.
References
External links
- Map of Birch Lake
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
