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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- ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services. "New Jersey State Soil - Downer". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soils New Jersey (PDF) Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
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