Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 8 November 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 0.15 <1 0.17 6.1 8.4 1.5 0 230 15 60
2 Lost Colony #1-G 1 <1 0.36 9 8.2 0.56 0 200 18 20
3 Lost Colony #2- G <.1 <1 0.46 8 8 0.15 0 40 20 15
4 Lost Colony #1-G <.1 <1 0.03 10.1 8.4 0.06 0 95 17 29
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.38 <1 0.15 7.1 8.5 0.47 0 30 18 14
6 Pamlico #1-G <.1 <1 0.49 9.8 8.6 0.2 0 90 21 20
7 Pamlico #2-G <.1 <1 0.28 9.6 9 0.08 0 35 20 14
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S 0.12 4 0.01 7.1 6.8 0.07 3 7,000 15 3
9 Old Cove #1-G <.1 <1 9.1 8.1 8.5 1.6 0 510 18 8.9
10 Old Cove #2-G <.1 <1 0.39 8.5 9 0.74 0 200 20 3.5
11 Old Cove #3-S <.1 33 0.4 8.1 6.9 0.1 3.5 7,500 16 5.2
12 Cobia Way#1-G <.1 <1 1.3 9.9 8.4 2 0 510 20 28
13 Cobia Way#2-G <.1 <1 5.6 9 8.4 2.1 0 470 18 4
14 Cobia Way#3-S <.1 350 0.29 9.3 6.9 0.06 2 6,000 17 18
15 AmberJack#1-G <.1 <1 0.78 6.8 8.3 0.75 0 500 19 12
16 AmberJack#2-G <.1 <1 0.68 7.1 8.5 1.5 0 490 19 5
17 AmberJack#3-S <.1 <1 0.62 8.8 6.8 0.11 2.5 6,500 16 23
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <.1 <1 0.68 8.4 8.4 2.1 0 600 21 25
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <.1 <1 0.7 7.8 8.6 1.3 0 380 21 1.6
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <.1 6 0.09 8.2 6.9 0.12 3 7,000 16 11
21 Huron Access #1-G <.1 <1 9.4 8 8.5 1.8 0 465 22 16
22 Huron Access #2-G <.1 <1 10.4 7.1 8.4 1.5 0 500 23 19
23 Ida Access #1-G <.1 <1 1.1 7.9 8.5 0.19 0 375 21 6.9
24 Ida Access #2-G <.1 <1 0.56 8.6 8.9 0.06 0 210 22 27
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <.1 <1 0.07 8.1 8.3 0.12 0 490 19 20
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <.1 <1 0.75 7.1 8.4 0.06 0 460 21 29
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <.1 <1 0.65 7.3 8.4 0.04 0 470 21 26
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G 0.13 <1 0.9 8.9 8.4 0.15 0 390 22 20
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 1.5 <1 <.01 8.1 8.2 0.36 0 605 22 27
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S <.1 <1 0.01 8 6.5 0.06 9.5 21,500 18 4.6
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <1 <1 0.01 7.1 6.5 0.05 10 22,000 18 8.8
#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