Simmons Road Water Quality

Nassau County, Florida

Good

The latest test found low bacteria levels (35 or fewer per 100 mL).

Latest test
Oct 7, 2026 (29 days ago)
Enterococci
<10 per 100 mL
Past 12 months
19 of 20 tests Good

Results over time

101001000Mar 18, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 25, 2026: 36 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 1, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 7, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 15, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 29, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 6, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 11, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)May 20, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 3, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 8, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 17, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 15, 2026: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 29, 2026: 12 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 12, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 26, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 9, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 23, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 7, 2026: <10 per 100 mL (Good)
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Oct 7, 2026<10Good
Sep 23, 2026<10Good
Sep 9, 2026<10Good
Aug 26, 2026<10Good
Aug 12, 2026<10Good
Jul 29, 202612Good
Jul 15, 202620Good
Jun 17, 2026<10Good
Jun 8, 2026<10Good
Jun 3, 2026<10Good
May 20, 2026<10Good
May 11, 2026<10Good
May 6, 2026<10Good
Apr 29, 2026<10Good
Apr 22, 2026<10Good
Apr 15, 2026<10Good

The long view

The state has 691 tests on record for Simmons Road over 25 years, starting August 2002. In the last 10 years, 0 tests of 141 (0%) came back Poor, below the rate for all Florida sampled beaches (6.1%). Bacteria levels usually jump after heavy rain, when stormwater washes to the shore, and drop again within a day or two.

Nearby sampled beaches

About this site

Sampling site SIMMONS ROAD (Nassau County, EPA beach ID FL304446), at 30.62392, -81.43854. Results are from the Florida Department of Health's Healthy Beaches Program; years before 2026 come from the state's submissions to EPA's Water Quality Portal.