USGS Open-File Report 2008-1147
Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources
By Jason M. Fine
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1147, 11 pages (Published online only, May 2008)
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During 2006 and 2007, scientists from Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina Estuarine Research Reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey collected hydrologic and water-quality data at nine sites in and around Currituck Sound. Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected at five tributary sites--the Northwest River near Moyock, Tull Creek near Currituck, and Intracoastal Waterway near Coinjock in North Carolina, and the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal near Princess Anne, and the North Landing River near Creeds in Virginia. In addition, data were collected at one site at the mouth of Currituck Sound (Currituck Sound at Point Harbor, North Carolina). Only water-quality data were collected at three sites in Currituck Sound and Back Bay-Currituck Sound near Jarvisburg, and Upper Currituck Sound near Corolla in North Carolina, and Back Bay near Back Bay in Virginia. The hydrologic data included water elevation and velocity, and discharge. The water-quality data included discrete samples and continuous measurements of water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and chlorophyll a. The hydrologic and water-quality data collected for this study were quality assured by the U.S. Geological Survey and stored in the National Water Information System database.
The data collected for this project are being used to develop an unsteady multidimensional hydrodynamic and water-quality model of Currituck Sound by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose of this model is to provide the basis for planning and the development of best-management practices and restoration projects for Currituck Sound and its tributaries.
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and Scope
Study Area
Data Collection
Water Elevation, Water Velocity, and Discharge
Continuous Water-Quality Data
Water-Quality Samples
Quality Assurance and Data Archival
Summary
Acknowledgments
References
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Suggested citation: Fine, J.M., 2008, Documentation of data collection in Currituck Sound, North Carolina and Virginia, 2006-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1147, 11 p. (available only online at https://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr2008-1147/)
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