Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 18 October 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 0.149 <1 0.05 3.9 6.7 0.26 0 250 18 53
2 Lost Colony #1-G 0.594 <1 0.37 3.1 6.8 0.51 0 250 19 8.4
3 Lost Colony #2- G 0.119 <1 0.1 2.9 6.5 0.13 0 550 21 3.7
4 Lost Colony #1-G <.1 <1 0.03 3.5 7.2 0.04 0 30 20 5.9
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.364 <1 0.12 3.1 6.9 0.36 0 110 20 12
6 Pamlico #1-G <.1 <1 0.48 4.4 7.2 0.16 0 100 22 9.1
7 Pamlico #2-G <.1 <1 0.47 5.7 7.3 0.09 0 50 22 15
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <.1 <1 0.04 5.5 6.1 0.05 8.5 13,500 19 4.2
9 Old Cove #1-G <.1 <1 0.52 3.5 7.5 1.02 0 550 18 3.2
10 Old Cove #2-G 0.132 <1 0.11 3.2 7.3 0.29 0 260 20 3.3
11 Old Cove #3-S <.1 <1 0.03 5.6 6.3 0.04 8 13,000 19 3.8
12 Cobia Way#1-G <.1 <1 7.4 3 7.4 0.38 0 650 20 21
13 Cobia Way#2-G <.1 <1 8 2.9 7.8 1.3 0 480 20 27
14 Cobia Way#3-S <.1 <1 0.04 5.5 6.7 0.06 8 13,000 19 4.1
15 AmberJack#1-G <.1 <1 4.2 3.1 7.2 0.64 0 800 19 19
16 AmberJack#2-G 0.131 <1 3.9 3.2 7.5 0.22 0 600 20 7.4
17 AmberJack#3-S <.1 <1 0.06 5.6 6.8 0.09 8 13,000 19 4.5
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <.1 <1 10.6 3.1 7 1.7 0 800 22 7.3
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <.1 <1 0.11 3.2 7.2 0.69 0 450 20 7.7
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <.1 <1 0.03 5.7 6.6 0.07 8 12,500 19 4.9
21 Huron Access #1-G <.1 <1 10.6 3.6 6.7 1.5 0 500 22 17
22 Huron Access #2-G <.1 <1 7.9 2.9 6.5 2.3 0 600 23 5.3
23 Ida Access #1-G <.1 <1 3.1 3.9 7.1 0.8 0 500 20 18
24 Ida Access #2-G <.1 <1 2.7 3.6 7.5 0.05 0 250 20 8.4
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S 0.197 <1 0.9 1.8 6.7 0.31 1 2,000 16 21
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <.1 <1 2 4.1 7 0.14 0 800 20 26
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <.1 <1 4.6 3.7 7 0.1 0 650 20 17
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <.1 <1 0.76 3.1 7.5 0.11 0 300 21 20
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 0.964 <1 0.07 2.7 7.5 0.39 0 800 21 32
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <.1 <1 0.03 4.7 6.5 0.06 18 27,000 18 6
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <.1 <1 0.04 8.2 6.2 0.06 18 27,500 18 7.7
#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