Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 18 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 0.02 4.4 5.3 0.54 0 340 13 60
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.3 <1 0.1 3.8 5.5 0.31 0 210 14 24
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.2 <1 0.01 4.1 5.8 0.36 0 600 14 4.5
4 Lost Colony #1-G 0.1 <1 0.03 4.4 5.9 0.02 0 60 15 3.1
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.2 <1 0.11 3.8 5.6 0.29 0 130 14 16
6 Pamlico #1-G 0.1 <1 0.11 8.1 8.5 1.1 0 165 16 11
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 3.5 8.6 7.5 0.25 0 80 16 8
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <0.1 <1 0.18 8.6 6.7 0.04 9 13,000 14 12
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 5.9 4.6 6.9 0.31 0 345 16 1.7
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 5.6 4.6 6.9 1.6 0 710 15 3.8
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 8 5.4 9.6 6.8 <0.01 8 12,000 13 2
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 0.67 5.9 6.9 2.2 0 1,100 16 9.6
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 <1 2.4 5.3 6.8 1.8 1.5 500 15 11
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 7 0.67 8 6.6 0.04 8 11,050 14 3.2
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 1.3 4.3 7.1 1.5 0 980 15 14
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 <1 1.1 5.3 6.8 0.72 1 1,850 16 4.9
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 15 0.03 9.6 6.7 0.02 9.5 12,000 14 3.1
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 0.63 4.6 7 1.8 0 780 15 2.2
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G 0.1 <1 0.49 3.4 6.8 1.7 0 1,000 15 3.9
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <0.1 16 0.52 10.2 6.5 <0.01 9.5 12,000 13 2.1
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 7.5 6.2 7 2.2 0 600 15 7.6
22 Huron Access #2-G <0.1 <1 2.6 4.5 7.1 2.1 0 1,100 15 1.6
23 Ida Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.07 6.5 7.4 1.1 0 262 13 2.8
24 Ida Access #2-G <0.1 <1 1.1 6.7 7.1 0.22 0 700 14 2.6
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <0.1 11 0.08 8 7.2 0.46 2 3,500 12 2.8
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <0.1 <1 2.3 7.7 7.5 0.18 0 1,100 13 4.4
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <0.1 <1 1.6 5.1 7.4 0.39 0.5 1,510 14 3.1
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <0.1 <1 0.82 5 6.5 0.16 0.5 1,000 15 6.4
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 7.1 17 0.01 5.3 5.8 0.5 0 1,000 14 10
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <0.1 280 0.12 7.9 6.6 0.42 3 2,700 11 3.3
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <0.1 5 0.08 7.3 6.8 <0.01 28 36,000 10 1.8
#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