Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 15 May 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 0.6 <1 <.01 5.8 5.9 0.3 0 235 14 26
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.5 <1 <.01 4.4 5.8 <.01 0 220 15 11
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.5 <1 <.01 5.1 7 <.01 0 560 15 3.5
4 Lost Colony #1-G 0.1 <1 0.26 5.1 6.1 0.03 0 50 16 1.8
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.3 <1 <.01 5.2 5.9 0.2 0 130 15 5.2
6 Pamlico #1-G 0.2 <1 0.48 8 7.4 0.2 0 120 17 24
7 Pamlico #2-G <.01 <1 <.01 8.6 6.9 0.1 0 115 17 17
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S 0.5 37 0.11 5.5 7 <.01 14 20,000 21 4.4
9 Old Cove #1-G 0.5 <1 0.41 7.4 7.7 0.02 0 350 18 1.1
10 Old Cove #2-G <.1 <1 <.01 6.3 7.4 0.8 0 800 16 2.1
11 Old Cove #3-S 0.3 60 3.65 8 7.5 1 16 25,000 21 2.6
12 Cobia Way#1-G 0.5 10 1 5.9 7.3 0.03 0 1,000 16 2.6
13 Cobia Way#2-G 1.11 <1 0.26 5.7 7.2 2 0 600 17 3.5
14 Cobia Way#3-S 0.7 220 0.26 8.4 7.5 1 15 21,000 21 3.5
15 AmberJack#1-G 0.6 <1 1.06 5.6 7.5 0.08 0 1,300 16 6
16 AmberJack#2-G 0.2 <1 0.03 6.4 7.2 1.95 0 1,350 16 20
17 AmberJack#3-S 0.4 33 0.9 9 7.7 1.3 15 25,000 20 2.6
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G 0.3 <1 1.1 6 7.5 0.3 0.5 1,250 17 18
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G 0.2 <1 1.6 6.3 7.3 2 0 550 17 9
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S 0.3 17 0.05 7.1 7.1 1.3 17 23,000 21 5
21 Huron Access #1-G 0.2 <1 1.05 6.5 7.1 0.2 0 550 18 26
22 Huron Access #2-G <.1 <1 0.37 5.7 6.7 0.1 0 800 17 25
23 Ida Access #1-G 1.69 <1 1.65 7.1 7.4 0.07 0 510 17 36
24 Ida Access #2-G 0.7 <1 0.22 6.5 7.1 0.09 0 600 18 25
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S 1.56 15 0.28 7.4 6.5 0.15 0 800 18 2
26 Jay St. Access #1-G 2.57 <1 1.7 7 7.3 0.07 0 850 16 34
27 Jay St. Access #2-G 1.69 <1 0.98 6.5 7.2 0.2 0 275 17 17
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G 2.31 <1 1.06 6.1 6.8 0.04 0 600 18 22
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 137 <1 0.2 6 6.8 <.3 0 900 18 16
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S 1.69 270 0.24 14.8 7.8 0.4 0 1,500 21 4.9
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S 1 4 <.01 8.9 8 2 23 32,000 18 2.5
#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