Downer soil series
A representative soil profile of the Downer soil series from Cape May County, New Jersey. New Jersey State Soil.
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: (Agricultural) Well drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately High to high
Permeability (Obsolete): Moderate or moderately rapid
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 30 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 mm (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 13 to 48 centimeters (5 to 19 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 38 to 114 centimeters (15 to 45 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 centimeters (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 183 centimeters (72 inches)
Rock Fragments: 0 to 25 percent, by volume throughout; mostly fine and medium quartzite pebbles, ironstone, or less commonly chert pebbles. The similar Swainton series has layers with more than 25 percent rock fragments.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Undisturbed pedons typically have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 15 centimeters (6 inches) and individual horizons are less than 5 centimeters (2 inches thick).
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Most areas are used for growing field crops, vegetables, flowers, and some tree fruits.
Dominant Vegetation: Native vegetation includes white oak, red oak, scarlet oak, black oak, Virginia pine, pitch pine, hickory, sassafras, dogwood, greenbriar, and American Holly. Loblolly Pine occurs in the southern part of Downer soils distribution. The understory is dominantly low bush blueberry and mountain laurel.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
Extent: Moderate
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_jersey/cap...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DOWNER.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#downer
Downer soil series
A representative soil profile of the Downer soil series from Cape May County, New Jersey. New Jersey State Soil.
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: (Agricultural) Well drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately High to high
Permeability (Obsolete): Moderate or moderately rapid
Landscape: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Parent Material: Loamy fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 30 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 mm (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 13 to 48 centimeters (5 to 19 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 38 to 114 centimeters (15 to 45 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 centimeters (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 183 centimeters (72 inches)
Rock Fragments: 0 to 25 percent, by volume throughout; mostly fine and medium quartzite pebbles, ironstone, or less commonly chert pebbles. The similar Swainton series has layers with more than 25 percent rock fragments.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Undisturbed pedons typically have a microsequence of an A, E, and Bh horizon (micro-podzol). Total thickness of the A, E, and Bh horizons is less than 15 centimeters (6 inches) and individual horizons are less than 5 centimeters (2 inches thick).
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Most areas are used for growing field crops, vegetables, flowers, and some tree fruits.
Dominant Vegetation: Native vegetation includes white oak, red oak, scarlet oak, black oak, Virginia pine, pitch pine, hickory, sassafras, dogwood, greenbriar, and American Holly. Loblolly Pine occurs in the southern part of Downer soils distribution. The understory is dominantly low bush blueberry and mountain laurel.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
Extent: Moderate
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_jersey/cap...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DOWNER.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#downer