28.92 acres of farm and timber land near Gilbert, Lexington County
265 Elbert Taylor Road, Gilbert, SC · Parcel 008500-03-152
2026 roll, county layer pulled Oct 9, 2026
- Acres28.92
- Land typeFarm and timber
- ZoningRDRestrictive development
- Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazard
- WetlandsNone mappedNational Wetlands Inventory
- Tax value (county)$246kFrom the county’s last revaluation, not a market price · 2026 roll
- Last saleNo priced sale · deed Nov 2019Nominal amount on the deed: a transfer, not a sale price
- Road accessHas road accessRoads: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract), Oct 2026
- Road frontage1,231 ft on Sampson RdRoad map name; the county roll's address reads Elbert Taylor Rd
- Zoned byLexington County
Can I build?
- Fronts a public road
- Zoning RD allows mostly homes and less intensive non-residential uses
- No FEMA flood zone or wetlands mapped
- Soils very limited for septic
- 1 building mapped (footprints)
Land facts
From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.
- Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields · Oct 2026
- Ground elevationAbout 425–470 ft above sea level; average slope 3.5%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026
Services and surroundings
Public federal and state records, each with its source and date. Area facts, not a survey of this parcel.
- USDA home loan areaInside an eligible areaUSDA Rural Development eligibility map, last edited Jul 2023, read Oct 2026. Household income limits also apply
- Public land nearbyShealy's Pond Heritage Preserve, 5.9 miState Department of Natural Resources, open to the public, 60 acres (USGS PAD-US 4.1). Nearby is not access, and never a hunting right
School district and farmland
Public federal records, each with its source and date.
- School districtLexington School District 1Grades pre-K–12 · NCES EDGE school district boundaries, school year 2024–25 (Census TIGER 2025 lines), released Mar 2026. A district, not an assigned school
- Farmland classNot prime farmlandMap unit Lakeland soils, undulating, about 72% of the parcel · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area SC063, version Sep 2026
- Crop productivity (NCCPI)0.35 of 1National Commodity Crop Productivity Index 3.0 of the main soil, Lakeland; higher is more productive for non-irrigated commodity crops · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Sep 2026
- Land capability classClass 4s of 8: very severe limits for crops (shallow, droughty or stony soil)Non-irrigated, Lakeland; class 1 has the fewest limits · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Sep 2026
- Cropland rent$33 an acre a yearCounty average, non-irrigated, 2026 · USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released August 21, 2026
- Pasture rent$21 an acre a yearCounty average, 2026 · USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released August 21, 2026
District details at NCES: Lexington School District 1
Crops and forest
Public federal records, each with its source and year. Satellite classifications, not farm records.
- Land cover (CDL)Grass or pasture 2024–2025; developed (low intensity) 2021–2023No crop in these years; the most common class in the 90 m around the parcel's map point, from satellite imagery · USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer 2021–2025
- Hydric soilsNone mappedShare of the outline on soils rated hydric: the soil test of a wetland determination and of an NRCS wetland reserve easement (ACEP-WRE) · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO)
- CRP rental rate (county)$26 an acre a yearThe county's 2026 average dryland soil rental rate (was $29): the base of a new Conservation Reserve contract's yearly rent; each field's rate follows its soils · USDA FSA, CRP 2026 county average soil rental rates
Utility service areas
Public service-area maps, each with its source and date. An area, not a connection at this parcel.
- Electric service areaInside the service area of Mid-Carolina Electric Co-op Inc or Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc (approximate)The mapped areas overlap here · HIFLD electric retail service territories, frozen 2025 copy, edited Aug 2025; approximate, confirm with the utility
What the zoning allows
RD, Restrictive Development
- Allowed usesMostly homes and less intensive non-residential uses (a restrictive development district)Lexington County · Oct 17, 2026
From Lexington County, Zoning Ordinance (as amended Jun 24, 2025), Secs. 11.41, 11.42, 22.30, 22.40, read Oct 17, 2026. Overlays, conditions and later amendments can change what applies; the code governs.
Free account: 25 parcel cards a day on the map, with watches and a saved search
Home facts
Building footprints (Microsoft, OpenStreetMap) via Overture Maps · as of Sep 2026
- Buildings
- 1 building mapped · about 2,080 sq ft of footprintMeasured from building footprints (Microsoft/OpenStreetMap, Sep 2026), not the county roll
- Bedrooms, bathrooms and living area
- Not in the county parcel file we load
Property tax
Estimated from published rates: Lexington County Auditor, Millage Schedule (Tax Year 2026); Lexington County parcel layer · as of Oct 2026
- Tax rate
- 516.60 mills (Lexington County tax district 1 (school, county and local levies; tax year 2026 millage schedule), 2026)
- Estimated annual tax
- ~$83Estimate before exemptions (the 4% home's school-operating exemption, homestead exemption, local-option sales tax credit): the Assessor's $161 assessment × 516.60 mills
Rates: the Lexington County Auditor, tax year 2026. The estimate is the county's taxable value times those rates, before exemptions; it is not a bill. The county treasurer's bill is the official figure.
South Carolina 2026 taxes: due by January 15, 2027.
Sources: South Carolina Code of Laws 12-45-70, 12-45-180 and 12-60-2510. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
What land sells for nearby
Land in Lexington County sold for:
- 10 acres or more: $9.9k–$28.1k an acre (16 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $17k
- Lots under 1 acre: $20.9k–$47.5k a lot (57 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $35k
- 1 to 10 acres: $14.0k–$91.8k an acre (88 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $30.4k
The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of arm's-length single-parcel land sales. Each size uses its own months (the shortest of 12, 24 or 36 that holds enough sales), so the sizes' counts need not add up to another figure on this page. Source: the county's own recorded sales, arm's-length by the county's own flag. Recorded sales, not an estimate of any parcel.
Owner: on the county assessment roll (not shown here) · Request removal
Hazards
FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, planning-level · For this census tract, not this parcel · as of Dec 2025
- Tornado
- Relatively High
- Hurricane
- Relatively Moderate
- Lightning
- Relatively Moderate
- Ice storm
- Relatively Moderate
- Strong wind
- Relatively Moderate
- Riverine flooding
- Relatively Moderate
- Earthquake
- Relatively Low
- Cold wave
- Relatively Low
- Winter weather
- Relatively Low
- Heat wave
- Relatively Low
- Hail
- Relatively Low
- Wildfire
- Relatively Low
Ratings are from public federal and state maps (named on each row), not a private climate model. FEMA rates each census tract from expected annual losses, community resilience and social vulnerability, for planning; it is not an assessment of this parcel.
Recorded flood claims
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3 · Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself · as of Sep 2026
- Claims since 1978
- Fewer than 10In this census tract
Neighborhood (Census)
Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year · as of Jan 2026
- Median household income
- $78,409± $34,948 · this block group
- Median home value (owner-reported)
- $240,800± $98,642 · this block group
- Median rent (gross)
- $676± $9 · this block group
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%± 9 pts · this block group
- Median year homes were built
- 1991± 5 yr · this block group
- Average commute (one way)
- 27 min± 11 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
- Population
- 3,440± 777 · this block group
Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. ± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Nearby parcels
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Lexington County, nearest first.
- 336 Elbert Taylor Road59.5 acres · Farm and timber · 0.4 mi
- 436 Elbert Taylor Road26.2 acres · Farm and timber · 0.6 mi
- 166 Seleta Circle98.3 acres · Farm and timber · 0.6 mi
- 347 Paxton Pond Road28.3 acres · Farm and timber · 0.7 mi
- 401 Deer Hill Road27.5 acres · Farm and timber · 0.7 mi
- 238 Ben Franklin Road96.1 acres · Farm and timber · 0.8 mi
- 303 Paxton Pond Road70.5 acres · Farm and timber · 0.8 mi
- 929 Pond Branch Road104 acres · Farm and timber · 0.9 mi
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Lexington County: 2,402 parcel pages
About these numbersSources, county layer pulled Oct 9, 2026
Tax value
Tax value from the county’s last revaluation, not a market price. County file, October 2026.
The county's fair market value from its last countywide reassessment (every fifth year, S.C. Code 12-43-217) or from the last sale (an assessable transfer resets it), not a market estimate. Taxes are on a capped (15%) value times 4% or 6%.
Parcel outline
The outline and its edge lengths are measured on the parcel map the map draws; the aerial loads from the public imagery named under it.
Source
South Carolina county GIS parcel layers (one per county), county layer pulled Oct 9, 2026.
Record
Public records can be wrong; check before you act.
Parcel: 008500-03-152
Coordinates: 33.8502° N, 81.3422° W