Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date:22 march 2001 Parameters Tested
Ammonia per mg/L Coliform,Fecal perCol/100ml Nitrate mg/L DO mg/L pH - pH units Total Phosphorous-mg/L Salinity- mg/L* Specific Conductance- umhos/cm Field Temp.- Cel. Turbidity-NTU
Sampling Station                    
1 Nags Head Woods- G 0.1 <1 0.06 4.5 6.5 0.34 0 950 12 58
2 Lost Colony #1- G 0.4 2 <0.01 3.3 6.1 0.28 0 240 12 5.25
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.2 <1 0.06 3.6 6.9 0.31 0 550 12 3.4
4 Lost Colony #3-G 0.1 <1 <0.01 5 7.5 0.09 0 72 12 5.25
5 Lost Colony #4-G 0.2 <1 <0.01 4 6.2 0.29 0 138 12 4.1
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 0.06 8.4 9.4 0.21 0 131 15 15
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 0.04 7.9 8.8 0.14 0 90 16 23
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S 0.1 17 <0.01 11.1 7.9 0.3 7.2 10,280 12 2.6
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 2.3 3.9 7.2 1.1 0 315 15 <0.8
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 1.5 3.3 7.2 1.4 0 360 14 3.2
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 38 0.01 10.6 7.7 1.1 7.5 10,250 12 1
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 1.2 4.9 7.1 1.8 0 930 16 11
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 <1 4 4.4 6.9 2.9 0 489 15 10
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 19 <0.1 10.6 7.4 0.19 7 10,190 13 2.2
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 0.99 4.8 7.2 1.5 0 1,300 15 <0.8
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 <1 3 5.3 6.8 0.71 0 1,380 15 4.5
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 78 0.52 10.7 7.5 0.04 7.3 10,250 13 1.2
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 2.7 3.9 6.7 2 0 1,000 15 3
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <0.1 <1 0.83 4.2 6.8 1 0 380 16 4.5
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <0.1 110 0.27 11.6 7.8 0.14 7.2 10,230 13 4
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 3.9 4.7 7.5 4.5 0 700 14 60
22 Huron Access #2-G <0.1 <1 2.5 3.7 7.3 3.6 0 720 16 48
23 Ida Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.13 6.1 7.8 0.13 0 750 14 8.6
24 Ida Access #2-G 0.1 <1 0.76 5.9 8.3 0.1 0 252 14 15
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 4 0.34 9.4 7.9 0.15 2 3,720 14 <0.8
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <0.1 <1 1.5 5.3 7.6 0.08 1 2,000 14 7.8
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <0.1 <1 2.1 4.6 7.6 0.07 1 2,300 15 12
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <0.1 <1 1.8 4.1 8 0.18 0 1,520 14 12
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 7.2 <1 <0.01 2.5 7.2 0.14 0 920 13 18
30 S.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 <1 0.17 11.4 7.6 0.21 1.3 2,800 14 1.8
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S 0.1 2 0.01 11.8 8 0.02 31.8 33,900 9 3
#31 sites total (8S, 23G) *Salinity will vary with tidal Cycle. S= Surface Water Site; G= Ground Well Site
S.O.O.I.R.=South Old Oregon Inlet Road