downer (soil)

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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

The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer soils are formed in fluviomarine deposits in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plains.{{Cite web|last=USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services|title=New Jersey State Soil - Downer|url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nj/soils/?cid=nrcs141p2_018866|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083804/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nj/soils/?cid=nrcs141p2_018866 |archive-date=2014-08-19 }}