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

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