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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Easley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farrs Bridge Road Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Walker Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Liberty Beverly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beverly Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Liberty Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1908 |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | $500 | Public reported awning blown off a house and a tree blown down on Morey Ln. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | Public reported (via Social Media) two large trees blown down along Highway 93 between Liberty and Easley. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | Trees were blown down on Old Liberty Rd, about 2.5 miles west of Easley and on highway 135. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Beverly | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rosewood Heights | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Vista Heights | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| McDaniel Heights | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Five Forks | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arial | 3.1 miles | 17 |
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.







