Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 24 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 0.119 <1 0.42 3.5 6.5 0.19 0 220 18 50
2 Lost Colony #1-G 1.25 10 0.85 3.4 6.5 0.56 0 280 20 20
3 Lost Colony #2- G <.1 1 0.47 3.1 6 0.12 0 550 22 4.7
4 Lost Colony #1-G <.1 1 0.03 3.5 6.5 0.03 0 30 21 5.1
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.433 3 0.25 3.2 5.7 0.43 0 110 20 11
6 Pamlico #1-G <.1 <1 0.55 5.1 6.3 0.1 0 100 25 13
7 Pamlico #2-G <.1 <1 0.58 5.3 6.6 0.06 0 70 23 10
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <.1 24 0.1 5.5 6.2 0.07 4.5 10,000 26 2.9
9 Old Cove #1-G <.1 <1 0.4 3.3 7.3 1.6 0 490 21 7.7
10 Old Cove #2-G 0.106 <1 0.32 3.4 6.5 0.32 0 260 22 2.9
11 Old Cove #3-S <.1 7 0.04 5.9 7 0.03 5.5 11,500 26 22
12 Cobia Way#1-G <.1 <1 16.5 3.8 6.9 1.8 0 600 22 15
13 Cobia Way#2-G <.1 1 0.04 3.6 6.9 1.5 0 490 21 27
14 Cobia Way#3-S <.1 120 0.1 6.5 6.7 0.05 5 11,000 25 3.8
15 AmberJack#1-G <.1 <1 0.85 3.4 6.9 1 0 600 21 17
16 AmberJack#2-G <.1 <1 0.43 3.5 6.8 1.3 0 600 21 11
17 AmberJack#3-S <.1 10 0.52 5.6 7.1 0.04 6 12,000 26 2.4
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <.1 <1 8.1 3.2 7 1.7 0 800 22 4.1
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G 0.102 12 0.53 3.3 6.5 1.4 0 470 21 8.1
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <.1 1 0.05 5.2 6.7 0.08 6 12,000 25 5.3
21 Huron Access #1-G <.1 <1 4.9 4.3 7.1 1.9 0 500 23 11
22 Huron Access #2-G <.1 <1 4.9 3.4 6.5 2 0 600 24 4.1
23 Ida Access #1-G <.1 <1 3.2 4.4 7.1 0.07 0 440 24 17
24 Ida Access #2-G <.1 <1 0.74 3.7 7.1 0.03 0 240 24 13
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S 0.353 <1 0.41 1.6 6.8 0.25 0 1,000 23 3.2
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <.1 <1 2 4.6 6.7 0.08 0 650 22 27
27 Jay St. Access #2-G 0.181 <1 1.9 4.5 7.2 0.05 0 600 22 16
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G <.1 <1 0.77 3.7 6.9 0.23 0 450 24 71
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 2.29 <1 0.19 3.1 6.6 0.25 0 750 22 25
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S 0.565 100 0.09 4.8 7 0.3 0.1 1,550 23 5.7
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <.1 <1 0.02 4.2 6.7 0.06 14.5 30,000 22 6.2
#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