Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 5 april 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 0.7 4.2 6.5 0.5 1 380 13 2.5
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.5 <1 0.4 3.2 6 0.28 0 280 13 3
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.04 <1 0.13 3.8 6 0.38 3.2 680 13 30
4 Lost Colony #1-G <0.1 <1 0.09 5.1 5.9 0.05 0 60 13 3
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.2 <1 0.06 2.9 6.1 0.3 0 168 13 5.5
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 0.33 8.2 8.8 0.24 0 140 15 6
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 0.08 8.4 6.5 0.2 0 75 17 18
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <0.1 9 0.03 9.8 6.5 0.04 8.8 13,000 15 25
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 2.2 6.5 7 0.62 0 310 15 1.5
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 3.2 6.5 7.3 1.6 0 770 14 <0.8
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 9 2.8 11.2 7 0.15 9 13,900 16 2
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 1.1 6.2 5.5 3.5 0 1,000 16 2
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 12 1.6 10.5 6.2 2 0 500 16 15
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 40 0.47 6.5 5.6 0.26 9.5 12,200 14 0.8
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 0.27 5.5 7 1.1 0.5 1,200 15 1.5
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 <1 1.7 6 6.8 0.69 0 1,500 15 <0.8
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 27 0.37 10.6 6.7 0.02 10.5 12,900 14 10
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 2.1 7.7 7.3 3.5 0 1,300 15 5.3
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <0.1 <1 0.69 4.2 6.8 1.3 0 400 16 5.9
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <0.1 32 0.67 11 6.8 0.14 7.9 12,000 17 5
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 3.3 5.8 7.6 4 0 700 17 45
22 Huron Access #2-G <0.1 13 2.9 5 7.4 3.1 0 750 16 40
23 Ida Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.49 7.1 7.8 0.17 0 530 14 8
24 Ida Access #2-G <0.1 <1 0.46 8.3 8 0.1 0 260 15 12
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 <1 0.41 11.5 8 0.11 5.2 8,000 18 <0.8
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <0.1 <1 3.2 6.8 7.2 0.11 0.4 1,800 14 9
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <0.1 <1 1.6 4 7.2 0.09 0.3 1,450 15 11
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G 0.1 <1 1.3 4.6 7.8 0.13 0 1,180 15 20
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 4.7 <1 <0.01 4 7.2 0.08 0 900 14 25
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <0.1 15 0.27 17 7.8 0.25 1 2,300 20 2
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <0.1 <1 <0.01 11.4 7.5 0.06 26 34,000 10 2
#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