The Meckesville series consists of very deep well drained soils formed in colluvium, glacial till or congeliturbate from red acid sandstone, siltstone and shale rocks. They are on the concave sideslopes of upland ridges. Slopes range from 0 to 60 percent.
Permeability is moderately slow.
Mean annual precipitation is 41 inches. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Hegins Township, 1.4 miles south on T487 from its intersection with PA 25 in Valley View. Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 80 inches. Depth to bedrock is more than 60 inches. Depth to the fragipan ranges from 25 to 48 inches.