Downer (soil)

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]

See also

• Pedology (soil study)
• List of U.S. state soils