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Belvedere, South Carolina

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29841. The Survey maps it on the North Augusta quadrangle. 5,380 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.

Belvedere within Aiken County

On record in Belvedere

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Belvedere fell from 5,792 to 5,380 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,792
20205,380-412 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Belvedere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined132
Debris and open burning72
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use15
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Belvedere: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Zirconium, REE, Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Clearwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvedere in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBelvedere$4,000SCEG reported power outages due to trees on powerlines near North Augusta.
June 2013Flash FloodBelvedere$4,000SC Highway Patrol reported road and ramps closed near I-20 at the intersection of Bergen Road and West Martintown Road.
June 2013FloodBelvedere$4,000SC Highway Patrol reported road closings due to high water near Cherokee Drive and Belvedere Clearwater roads.
June 2013FloodBelvedere$4,000SC Highway Patrol reported roads closed due to high water near Celeste Ave and Five Notch roads.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBelvedere$4,000Sheriff reported powerlines down at mobile home park on Peach Blossom road off of Edgefield road.
June 2013FloodBelvedere$3,000SC Highway Patrol reported roads closed around Five Notch and Pistah roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBelvedere$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down in I-20 between mile markers 2 and 5.
July 2017LightningBelvedere$100Lighting struck a shed which started a fire that spread to a mobile home, on Celeste Ave in Belvedere. The shed was destroyed and the mobile home was damaged. Time estimated.
December 2020HailBelvedere$10Trained spotter reported hail slightly larger than BB size.
December 2020HailBelvedere$10Public report of hail slightly larger than rice grains.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-SC DPS reported tree down on I-20 near Pineview Estates. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025HailBelvedere-Media reports quarter size hail from multiple viewers in Belvedere and North Augusta.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-SC Highway Patrol reported a tree down blocking roadway at Belvedere-Clearwater Rd and Irene St. The Aiken County Dispatch also reported that a large tree fell on a building in the 300 block of Edgefield Rd in North Augusta.
May 2022HailBelvedere-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail in Belvedere.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Sheriff dispatch reported trees down along Edgefield Rd near Sterling Dr in the town of Belvedere.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-A line of severe thunderstorms produced a downburst of severe damaging winds across Aiken Co SC in a large swath from near Interstate 20 at mile marker 1, east across the Belvedere area to near Graniteville, Aiken and east to near Salley. There were numerous trees downed. At least 13 reports of downed trees were received, some of which blocked roadways. Some roof damage occurred at a gas station near Graniteville and a tree fell on a home in Belvedere.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Media reported trees fell on 2 cars at a home on Cadada Ct in North Augusta. No injuries.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Trees downed in North Augusta.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Reported trees down and power lines and poles down at Lily Avenue and Cherokee Drive.
September 2014HailBelvedere-Public reported nickel size hail in North Augusta.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-SKYWARN spotters reported trees and powerlines down and two mobile homes destroyed.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Public reported several trees down on Border Drive and Haskel Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down on US1 in Belvedere.
May 2005HailBelvedere-TV 26 reported nickel size hail.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-Spotter reported trees down in Belvedere.
April 1998HailBelvedere-SKYWARN reports 3/4 inch hail.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBelvedere-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aiken County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Greenfield0.3 miles20
Pine Valley0.5 miles20
Audubon Homes0.9 miles20
Brogden1.1 miles20
Bonnie Glen1.1 miles20
Brierfield1.1 miles20
Pineview Estates1.3 miles20
Bradleyville1.3 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BelvedereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2717546The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231045. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.