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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
.