Birch Lake (Oklahoma)

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| location = Osage County, Oklahoma

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| inflow = Birch Creek (Oklahoma)

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| cities = Barnsdall, Oklahoma

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Birch Lake is a lake {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} south of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, {{convert|20|mi|km}} southwest of Bartlesville[http://www.lasr.net/travel/lake.php?Lake_ID=OK03lk001 Leisure and Sports Review. Birch Lake, OK] and {{convert|30|miles|km}} northwest of Tulsa. The drainage area for Birch Lake is {{convert|66|mi2|km2}}. Its area covers {{convert|1137|acre|km2}} (conservation level).{{Cite web |url=http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?Id=M501540 |title=Corps Lake Gateway: Oklahoma - Birch Lake |access-date=2010-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021140144/http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?Id=M501540 |archive-date=2004-10-21 |url-status=dead }} The total capacity is: {{convert|52800|acre.ft|m3}}, subdivided into: Conservation {{convert|15800|acre.ft|m3}}, Flood control {{convert|39000|acre.ft|m3}}, and Inactive storage {{convert|15840|acre.ft|m3}}.[https://books.google.com/books?id=INg0AQAAMAAJ&dq=Birch+Lake%2C+Oklahoma&pg=PT6 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.

The lake is formed from Birch Creek, a tributary of Bird Creek. It eventually empties into the Arkansas River.

It is {{convert|20|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.[http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/recreat/OPSField.CFM?tblOPSField__LakeName=Birch%20Lake Tulsa District Lake Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114055710/http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/recreat/OPSField.CFM?tblOPSField__LakeName=Birch%20Lake |date=January 14, 2010}}

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.[http://www.dps.state.ok.us/ohp/aboutlp.htm Oklahoma Highway Patrol - Lake Patrol]