The railroad town between two rivers — and one of the county's fastest-growing small cities.
Wellford sits on the US 29 corridor at I-85 Exit 66 and grew almost 40 percent in a decade. New subdivisions like Shiloh Trail are going in near the old Merchants' Row heart of town, while the mailing area spills into county acreage — wooded tracts and pasture off SC 292 between Lyman and Inman, out toward Lake Cooley. The rolling ground here is red Cecil clay: good building dirt when graded right, a drainage headache when it isn't. Brian walks every site himself and treats your land like his own.
In most cases, yes — Spartanburg County runs the Land Disturbance Permit program, and there's a county application even for projects under one acre. Clearing, grubbing, grading, excavating, and filling all count as land disturbance, no grading permit issues without an approved stormwater management plan, and disturbing an acre or more adds state SC DES construction stormwater coverage. We settle that question up front on the site walk.
Yes, with the right erosion controls. Wellford sits between the North Tyger and Middle Tyger rivers, with feeder creeks like Jordan Creek — the one impounded as Lake Cooley — running through the area. That corridor is active conservation and recreation ground, so sediment and erosion rules apply near water, and work close to creeks gets planned around keeping soil on your land and out of the stream.
Yes. From a single overgrown backyard lot to full acreage, if it’s a fit for our equipment we’ll take it — and if it isn’t, we’ll tell you on the walk and point you the right direction.
Custom Cut Land Works serves Wellford and the surrounding Spartanburg County communities with owner-run land clearing, grading, and site prep. Family-owned, licensed, and insured.
Free written estimate. See the price before any work begins.
