Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring  Site 15 - Gibbs Pond, Newport Golf Course

This site is on Newport Bay and was monitored by Chris Wade and Hollis Martin between August 1997 and August 1998.  This site is currently not monitored.

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Site Name: 15, Gibbs Pond - off Ocean City Golf  Course, Newport Golf Course

Monitor(s): Chris Wade
                     Hollis Martin

Date(s): 12/13/97 to ?/98
               12/13/97 to ?/98

Directions to site: Enter Ocean City Golf, go to far left parking, walk left to canal.

Is the site on Private or Public owned property? Public and Private Golf Course.

Estimated width of body of water: 20 feet

Estimated average depth of water in area: 5 feet in center

Shoreline Characteristics: High mounds of green golf turf. Slopes down to canal. Some native grasses along the water=s edge. Above slope is golf grasses.

Land Activities nearby (industry, farming, urban, etc): Golf and Housing Development.

Other: Sprayed with chemicals (permethecin, NALED, and whatever it takes to keep green appearance.)

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