Nags Head Water Quality Monitoring Results
Date: 27 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 0.21 <1 0.02 6.6 7.5 0.04 0 310 17 75
2 Lost Colony #1-G 1.9 <1 0.34 6.5 7.7 0.06 0 290 18 23
3 Lost Colony #2- G <.1 <1 0.19 7.7 7.5 0.04 0 700 19 6.8
4 Lost Colony #1-G 0.22 <1 <.01 6.9 8 <.01 0 40 18 4.9
5 Lost Colony #2-G 0.47 <1 0.11 6.4 7.7 0.11 0 150 18 42
6 Pamlico #1-G <.1 <1 0.25 8.1 7.9 <.01 0 130 21 15
7 Pamlico #2-G <.1 <1 0.02 8 7.9 <.01 0 60 21 13
8 Blue Fin Canal Drain -S <.1 <1 <.01 8 7.1 <.01 18 29,000 17 3.3
9 Old Cove #1-G <.1 <1 0.35 7.4 7.8 1.3 0 1000 19 3.5
10 Old Cove #2-G 0.18 <1 <.01 8.4 7.8 0.12 0 370 20 2.3
11 Old Cove #3-S <.1 210 <.01 9.2 6.8 <.01 18 28,000 17 3.2
12 Cobia Way#1-G <.1 <1 3.1 7.5 7.6 1.9 0.1 1,200 20 8.8
13 Cobia Way#2-G <.1 <1 8.6 7.2 7.7 0.81 0 550 18 26
14 Cobia Way#3-S <.1 59 <.01 8.8 6.7 0.07 18 28,500 17 2.3
15 AmberJack#1-G <.1 <1 <.01 7.1 7.5 0.46 0.1 1,500 19 17
16 AmberJack#2-G <.1 <1 1.3 7.4 7.6 1 0.1 1,500 19 6.2
17 AmberJack#3-S <.1 10 0.05 9.9 6.6 <.01 18 27,000 18 2.5
18 S. Blue Marlin#1-G <.1 <1 3.6 6.5 7.5 1.6 0.1 1,400 20 13
19 S. Blue Marlin#2-G <.1 <1 2.4 6.1 7.7 0.63 0 500 20 7
20 S. Blue Marlin#3-S <.1 7 0.05 9.7 6.7 <.01 18 27,000 19 2.8
21 Huron Access #1-G <.1 <1 11 6.2 7.8 <.01 0 750 22 11
22 Huron Access #2-G <.1 <1 10 6.5 7.7 1.8 0 1,000 22 5.7
23 Ida Access #1-G <.1 <1 4 6.4 7.7 <.01 0 750 19 21
24 Ida Access #2-G <.1 <1 0.88 6.4 7.9 <.01 0 290 21 7.7
25 N.Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.-S <.1 8 0.22 10.6 7.7 <.01 0 750 21 23
26 Jay St. Access #1-G <.1 <1 <.01 6.5 7.8 1.6 0 950 20 14
27 Jay St. Access #2-G <.1 <1 1.5 6.3 7.8 <.01 0 1,000 20 8.7
28 Juncos St. Access#1-G 0.15 <1 0.24 5 7.7 0.17 0.1 1,250 21 21
29 Juncos St. Access#2-G 1 <1 0.01 5.9 7.7 <.01 0.1 1,500 20 25
30 S. Side of Ditch S.O.O.I.R.- S 0.27 580 <.01 14.9 7.2 <.01 4 6,500 21 3.6
31 Ocean outfall @ S.N.H.- S <.1 12 <.01 9.9 6.7 <.01 27.5 41,500 16 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