Downer is the New Jersey state soil. The Downer has four soil horizons:

  • Surface layer: dark grayish brown loamy sand
  • Subsurface layer: grayish brown sandy loam
  • Subsoil - upper: yellowish brown gravelly sandy loam
  • Subsoil - lower: yellowish brown sand and coarse sand
Downer
Downer Soil Horizon

The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer soils are formed in fluviomarine deposits in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plains.[1]

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  1. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services. "New Jersey State Soil - Downer". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved April 14, 2021.