BIRCH CREEK (HOPKINS COUNTY) BIRCH CREEK (Hopkins County). Birch
Creek rises a mile southeast of downtown Sulphur Springs in
south central Hopkins County (at 33°07' N, 95°38' W). The
stream, which is intermittent in its upper reaches, formerly
flowed fourteen miles to the south to empty into Lake Fork Creek
three miles west of Yantis in northwestern Wood County (32°54'
N, 95°39' W). In the late 1970s the lower streambed was
inundated by Lake Fork Reservoir, so that the creek now flows
into the reservoir two miles southeast of Seymore in extreme
southern Hopkins County. The stream crosses generally flat
terrain with local shallow depressions and sandy and clay loam
soils. The area vegetation consists primarily of water-tolerant
hardwoods, conifers, and grasses.