Beaverdam Branch
Productive Timberland
The Beaverdam Branch property is a big productive timberland tract in southern Greenwood County with great soils and gentle topography. The land lies along Hwy 221 in a quiet area near Bradley and about 10 miles by road from the Greenwood post office.Beaverdam Branch is a large stream with wide bottomlands full of mixed hardwoods and a series of beaver swamps. Uplands are gentle hills covered by young forests of well-managed pines. Hard Labor Creek makes part of the southern boundary and is shaded by big hardwoods. A large powerline right-of-way crosses the tract.
Wild turkeys can be found along the creeks and whitetail deer are abundant across this property. About 169 acres of planted loblolly pines are now 13 years old. These trees are open and easy to move through. More than 130 acres of pines were planted in 2022. They are looking good and are growing fast. About five acres are maintained as a powerline right-of-way that is about 80 feet wide and more than a half mile long within the property. Access across the land is good with more than 2 miles of woods roads and trails.
Beaverdam Branch runs through the property for about 3,000 feet. True to its name, the creek is dammed in multiple places making wetlands and pockets of open water. Almost 40 acres are in this low bottomland area. Just over 30 acres are identified in the National Wetlands Inventory. Hackberry, sweetgum, and maple are common along with a mix of flooded dead timber and wetland plants. Hard Labor Creek is a large stream shaded by mature oaks and other hardwoods. It runs along the tract’s southern boundary for 800 to 900 feet.
The tract has more than 2,000 feet of paved road frontage. Gentle topography offering potential home sites can be found in places along the highway and a powerline that serves nearby homes runs along the road frontage. There are no public waterlines in the area. A home would require well and septic. Soil maps indicate that septic perc potential is good for much of the property.
Soils are mostly sandy loam and are productive for timber or other uses. Topography is gently rolling and good for continued timber management or conversion to other uses such as fields, orchards, barns or homesites. USDA farmland classification indicates that soils could be productive for pastures and some crops with over half of the property classed as useful farmland.
The immediate neighborhood is mostly wooded tracts. Houses are widely scattered in the area with no planned subdivisions or commercial sites for many miles. A plat from 1966 describes the property as 367 acres. The property is timberland with no improvements and does not have an address. The land lies on the east side of Hwy 221 across from its junction with Gold Mine Road (GPS = “Gold Mine Rd, Bradley, SC 29819”). County tax map number is 6831-213-505.
**There is an active hunt lease on this property. Please do not visit without first contacting the agent.
Greenwood is about a 15-minute drive away and has everything from Aldi to Zaxby’s. There are local favorites like Lowcountry Grill (southern cooking) and Olive Branch Mediterranean & Italian, and lots of big names like Publix, Lowes, and even one of the newest locations of Whataburger. The tract is about 10 miles from Greenwood, 51 miles from Augusta, GA, and 65 miles from Greenville. All distances are approximate road miles to the center of town.
