Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 22 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 <0.1 <1 0.04 4.4 6.3 0.07 0 500 15 60
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.2 <1 <0.01 6.3 6.3 0.25 0 105 19 9.2
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.1 <1 <0.01 4.5 6.7 0.38 0 600 16 5.3
4 Lost Colony #1-G <0.1 <1 0.03 5 6.5 0.1 0 100 17 6.8
5 Lost Colony #2-G <0.1 <1 <0.01 5.2 6.3 0.47 0 120 17 8.6
6 Pamlico #1-G <0.1 <1 0.21 8 6.8 0.02 0 120 18 22
7 Pamlico #2-G <0.1 <1 0.33 8.5 6.7 0.15 0 160 18 19
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <.1 150 <0.01 7.1 7.3 0.03 15 21,800 24 4.5
9 Old Cove #1-G <.1 <1 0.03 5 7.1 0.06 0 340 18 2.7
10 Old Cove #2-G <0.1 <1 0.83 6.2 6.7 0.27 0 790 18 6.6
11 Old Cove #3-S <0.1 45 <0.01 7.1 7.2 0.02 16 22,200 24 4.5
12 Cobia Way#1-G <.1 <1 5.5 5 7.1 0.55 0 800 18 11
13 Cobia Way#2-G <.1 <1 5 5.2 7 0.16 0 700 18 8
14 Cobia Way#3-S <.1 130 0.03 7.5 7.5 <.01 16 22,000 24 3
15 AmberJack#1-G <0.1 <1 0.7 4.8 7.1 1.6 0 1,000 17 32
16 AmberJack#2-G <.1 <1 1.01 5.5 7.1 0.75 0.5 1,500 18 17
17 AmberJack#3-S <.1 29 0.26 7.5 7.3 0.13 17 23,500 24 2.6
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <0.1 <1 11.25 5.2 7 1.55 0 900 18 18
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <.1 <1 1.06 5 7.3 1 0 450 19 5
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <.1 32 <.01 7 7.3 0.07 17 24,000 24 4
21 Huron Access #1-G <.1 <1 0.06 5.8 6.8 0.41 0 600 18 26
22 Huron Access #2-G 0.2 <1 3.75 6.3 7.4 2.13 0 1000 18 17
23 Ida Access #1-G <.1 <1 0.55 6.1 7.4 0.08 0 800 17 16
24 Ida Access #2-G <.01 <1 0.06 6.6 7.3 0.04 0 475 18 15
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <.01 1700 0.02 6.8 7.2 0.07 0 700 21 3
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <.1 <1 0.98 6.9 7.4 0.12 0.5 1,300 17 27
27 Jay St. Access #2-G 28 <1 1.06 7.4 7.5 0.05 0 1,500 17 15
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <.1 <1 0.09 7 7.1 0.03 0 1,310 19 16
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G <.1 <1 0.87 6.7 7.5 0.1 0 900 18 24
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <.1 25 0.23 9.6 7.5 0.1 30 40,900 16 4.6
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <.1 5 0.07 9 7.8 1.6 31 40,000 18 7.5
#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