Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 24 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 3.9 5.8 0.61 0 650 14 2.5
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.3 <1 0.09 3.6 5.9 0.29 0 260 14 3
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.2 <1 0.03 4.3 6.3 0.45 0 500 15 3
4 Lost Colony #1-G <0.1 <1 0.03 4.8 6.2 0.03 0 59 15 3
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.2 <1 0.03 4.1 5.9 0.29 0 118 15 5.5
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 0.09 8.3 6.3 0.52 0 68 17 6
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 3.5 8.9 8.3 0.12 6 9,000 17 18
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <0.1 91 0.17 7.8 7 0.18 0 410 22 25
9 Old Cove #1-G <0.1 <1 5.9 5.6 6.7 0.7 4 6,500 19 1.5
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 6 6 7 1.8 0 300 16 <0.8
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 10 0.18 9.2 6.9 0.04 0 550 22 2
12 Cobia Way#1-G <0.1 <1 0.68 7 6.9 2.3 0 910 17 2
13 Cobia Way#2-G <0.1 <1 2.2 6.5 6.8 1.5 0 500 17 15
14 Cobia Way#3-S <0.1 9 0.66 8.8 6.7 0.03 5 7,500 21 0.8
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 1.3 5.1 7.2 0.14 0 1,120 16 1.5
16 AmberJack#2-G <0.1 43 1.2 6.1 6.8 0.71 0 1,500 18 <0.8
17 AmberJack#3-S <0.1 <1 0.02 9.3 6.6 0.02 6 9,000 22 10
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 3 0.64 6.5 7 2.3 0 1,180 17 5.3
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G 0.1 15 0.49 4.5 6.8 2.2 0 700 18 5.9
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S 0.5 <1 0.51 8.6 6.6 0.06 6.5 9,000 22 5
21 Huron Access #1-G <0.1 <1 6.7 4.6 7.5 0.26 0 680 15 30
22 Huron Access #2-G 7.9 <1 5.7 4 7 0.11 0 990 15 35
23 Ida Access #1-G <0.1 <1 0.79 5.4 6.9 0.04 0 1,200 14 8
24 Ida Access #2-G 0.1 <1 2.2 5 6.3 0.08 0 1,400 14 10
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S 0.1 <1 2.2 7.3 7 0.25 14.2 20,000 14 <0.8
26 Jay St. Access #1-G 1 <1 3.7 6 7.6 0.05 0 1,300 14 9
27 Jay St. Access #2-G 0.8 100 3.4 5.2 7.6 0.08 1 2,000 14 10
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <0.1 <1 1.6 5 6.7 0.11 0 800 15 20
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 4.3 <1 0.05 4.1 7.1 0.18 0 1,050 15 25
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <0.1 16 1.4 7.7 7 0.29 14 20,000 14 2
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <0.1 92 0.26 10.9 7.3 0.06 28 39,000 11 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