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Beverly, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29657. It lies near Bogg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.

Beverly within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 631 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Beverly: 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Farrs Bridge Road DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John Walker ProspectMicaProspect
Liberty Beverly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beverly QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Liberty QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1908

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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
January 2020Thunderstorm WindBeverly$500Public reported awning blown off a house and a tree blown down on Morey Ln.
May 2025Tornado (EF0)Beverly-NWS storm survey found the path of an EF0 tornado that touched down along Adger Rd near the intersection of Highway 135 and moved ENE across the south side of Easley. The tornado crossed several residential neighborhoods where numerous large limbs were snapped and several pine trees were uprooted. The tornado dissipated over a neighborhood near Crestview Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBeverly-County comms, the media, public reported dozens of trees and some power lines blown down from the west side of Easley to the Six Mile area.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Public reported (via Social Media) two large trees blown down along Highway 93 between Liberty and Easley.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Beverly-NWS Storm Survey found the path of an EF0 tornado that moved across the Easley area. The tornado began on the west side of the city along Old Liberty Rd. moving east/northeast through the heart of the city, although damage was almost exclusively confined to uprooted pine trees and snapped large tree limbs. The tornado moved east from the city of Easley, roughly paralleling Saluda Dam Rd before lifting near the intersection of Saluda Dam Rd and Antioch Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Trees were blown down on Old Liberty Rd, about 2.5 miles west of Easley and on highway 135.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Multiple trees and large limbs were blown down along Smith Grove Rd. Dozens of trees were blown down in the area around Johnson Rd and Zion Church Rd, with some trees on houses.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBeverly-A tree was blown down on a house on Orchard Dr. A tree was blown down on Black Snake Rd about two miles southwest of Easley and at least one tree was blown down along Saluda Dam Rd about 4 miles east northeast of Easley.
August 2011HailBeverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Whispering Pines1.1 miles17
Rosewood Heights1.5 miles17
Liberty1.8 miles17
Shady Grove2.0 miles17
Vista Heights2.8 miles16
McDaniel Heights2.8 miles16
Five Forks2.8 miles17
Arial3.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231052. 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.