Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date:12 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 <0.01 3.5 6.4 0.4 0 430 15 18
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.3 <1 0.05 3 6.1 0.5 0 245 14 24
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.3 <1 <0.01 4.3 6.4 0.33 0 600 14 5
4 Lost Colony #1-G <0.1 <1 0.08 4.6 6.4 0.21 0 60 14 2.8
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.1 <1 0.03 3.6 6.1 0.31 0 143 14 12
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 <0.1 8.2 8.7 0.12 0 150 16 12
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 0.02 8.2 8.4 0.06 0 75 18 5.2
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <0.1 32 0.18 6.9 6.2 0.07 8 12,000 21 9
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 0.09 4.7 6.8 1.5 0 700 15 4
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 0.21 5.3 6.6 0.4 0 322 16 2.2
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 40 0.29 9.8 6.6 0.03 7.1 12,500 21 2.4
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 0.71 6.7 6.8 11 0 1,100 16 6
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 <1 1.2 6 6.7 1.8 0 480 15 5.3
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 27 0.3 10.7 6.5 7.3 6.8 12,000 21 4.1
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 0.29 4.7 7.1 1.4 1.1 2,100 15 5
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 <1 0.2 6.3 7.4 2.6 0 950 15 6
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 31 1.5 9.6 7.3 0.07 25 13,000 18 4
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 <0.01 5.1 7.1 0.84 0 1,500 15 5.5
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <0.1 <1 <0.01 6 7.2 1.9 7.5 12,000 15 8.4
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <0.1 <1 0.11 9.2 7.3 0.06 0.1 1,400 17 4.2
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.03 6.5 7 3.8 0 720 16 2.2
22 Huron Access #2-G <0.1 <1 0.05 4.9 6.9 4.1 0 750 17 3
23 Ida Access #1-G <0.1 <1 1.7 7 7.1 0.92 0 750 15 3.1
24 Ida Access #2-G <0.1 <1 0.32 7.8 7.2 0.88 0 455 15 1.9
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 10 0.45 3.3 7 0.96 0.5 1,400 19 5.1
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.14 7.1 7.1 0.08 0.2 1,400 15 3.1
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <0.1 <1 2.8 4.5 7 0.99 0.5 1,550 16 1.4
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <0.1 <1 0.15 5.7 7.3 0.11 0 750 16 5.1
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 5.9 <1 0.19 4.6 6.8 0.14 0 1,000 17 4
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <0.1 26 1.5 11.6 7.1 0.56 0.8 1,900 21 2.3
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <0.1 11 0.75 10.4 6.9 0.01 8.5 35,000 13 3.3
#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