Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 30 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 0.2 <1 <0.01 3.8 6.9 0.63 0 1000 13 3.5
2 Lost Colony #1-G <0.1 <1 0.09 4.5 7.9 0.09 0 280 12 45
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.2 <1 <0.01 3.4 9 0.3 0 100 12 6
4 Lost Colony #1-G 0.1 <1 0.02 3.6 6.4 0.45 0 600 12 2
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.1 <1 0.02 3.5 6.9 0.39 0 150 13 3
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 0.09 8 8.9 0.07 0 140 12 3.9
7 Pamlico #2-G 0.5 <1 3.3 7.4 6.94 0.03 0 85 12 5.9
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <0.1 20 0.14 9.1 7.5 0.08 7 11,000 12 20
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 5.4 3.5 7.2 4 0 290 15 <0.8
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 5.7 2.9 6.8 3.2 0 320 15 2.1
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 50 0.15 11.2 6.9 0.03 8 10,175 16 29
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 0.65 4.8 6.5 0.18 0 965 14 <0.8
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 <1 1.9 4.5 6.9 0.07 0 505 14 2
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 28 0.63 12.2 6.7 0.08 7 10,300 13 4
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 1.5 3.9 6.6 0.05 0 1,000 16 9
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 <1 1.1 5 7.5 0.1 0 1,500 15 1.5
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 101 <0.01 10.9 6.7 0.11 7.5 10,300 15 16
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 0.57 4 7.1 0.21 0 1,100 15 5.2
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <0.1 <1 0.49 3.9 7.6 0.08 0 350 16 4.9
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <0.1 56 0.34 10 6.5 0.13 7 11,250 14 <0.8
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 6.4 4.8 7.6 4.4 0 760 16 4
22 Huron Access #2-G <0.1 <1 5.5 3.7 7.1 3.2 0 800 16 5
23 Ida Access #1-G 0.1 <1 0.73 6.7 8.4 0.14 0 1,000 14 55
24 Ida Access #2-G <0.1 <1 0.87 7.3 7.7 0.04 0 200 14 39
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 10 0.81 13.6 8.3 0.1 3 4,000 13 10
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <0.1 <1 3.7 5.9 7.3 0.05 2 1,890 14 <0.8
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <0.1 <1 2.8 4.8 8 0.05 1.5 2,600 14 9
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G 0.1 <1 1.5 3.4 7.1 0.17 0 1,780 14 8
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 6 <1 0.07 3.9 7.5 0.3 0 750 14 10
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S 0.1 <1 0.25 14.2 7.1 0.18 2 3,000 13 20
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <0.1 <1 0.06 11.8 7.3 0.01 40 35,600 10 15
#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