Beaufort County, SC parcel and infrastructure data API

Korzy has about 110,000 parcel records for Beaufort County, South Carolina, with source updates through October 2026. Nearly every record carries values, last sale, land use, year built and building size; 92% include owner names. In and around the county the API also maps 4 power plants with about 220 MW of capacity, led by oil; and 7 miles of active rail. Look up any parcel by address or coordinates, then check water, sewer and infrastructure context at the same point.

Parcel coverage in Beaufort County

About 110,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from October 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /api/parcel-record. Share of records with each field:

FieldCoverageShare
Situs addressNearly all · 99%
Owner nameMost · 92%
Assessed or market valueNearly all · 98%
Year builtNearly all · 100%
Building sizeNearly all · 100%
Last saleNearly all · 99%
Land useNearly all · 100%
ZoningNot published

Owner name and mailing address are returned with include_owner=true, which doubles a request's cost: a parcel record costs 2 credits instead of 1. 92% of Beaufort County records carry an owner name.

Infrastructure in and around Beaufort County

Power plants

4 operable plants with about 220 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: oil, solar, battery and pumped storage.

Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}

Substations and transmission

About 70 in-service substations, 5 rated 230 kV or higher.

About 210 miles of transmission lines: about 25 mi at under 100 kV; about 130 mi at 100–161 kV; about 40 mi at 220–287 kV.

Water and sewer service

Service areas of about 15 community water systems cover about 29% of the county.

Sewer service areas of 6 systems cover about 23%.

At a point: /api/utilities/context

Flood zones and wetlands

Special flood hazard areas cover about 64% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published October 2026.

Mapped wetlands cover about 39%.

Rail, ports and freight

  • 7 miles of active rail, 4 of it main line

Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context

Example requests for Beaufort County

Real responses from the production API, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.

1. Find a parcel by address

/api/search matches 35 PARMENTER RD, SC 29910 and returns the parcel's korzy_id, coordinates and record. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'q=35 PARMENTER RD, SC 29910' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/search
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
    params={"q": "35 PARMENTER RD, SC 29910"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
parcel = response.json()["results"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], parcel["longitude"], parcel["latitude"])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "results": [
    {
      "korzy_id": "45013-2a6d73297a5761cc5c24",
      "address": "35 PARMENTER RD",
      "postcode": "29910",
      "county": "Beaufort",
      "statefp": "45",
      "longitude": -80.81727234930159,
      "latitude": 32.23925115,
      "match_type": "exact",
      "parcelid": "R600 041 000 0160 0000",
      "parceladdr": "35 PARMENTER RD",
      "situs_zip": "29910",
      "usedesc": "ComImp MiscWarehouse&Storage",
      "land_use_code": "1025130",
      "yearbuilt": 2002,
      "bldgsqft": 16200,
      "building_count": 10,
      "taxacres": 3.08,
      "totalvalue": 4000000,
      "land_value_usd": 1386000,
      "improvement_value_usd": 1571400,
      "assessed_value_usd": 177440,
      "market_value_usd": 2957400,
      "saledate": "2020-05-14",
      "saleamt": 5429474,
      "updated": "2026-10-30",
      "geoid": "45013"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

With include_owner=true (2 credits) the record adds owner fields, shown here as placeholders:

{
  "owner_name": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
  "owner_mailing_address": "100 EXAMPLE ST, SAMPLE CITY, ST 00000"
}

2. Look up the parcel at a point

/api/query/point returns every parcel whose boundary covers the coordinates; here it returns the same record, 45013-2a6d73297a5761cc5c24, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-80.817272' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=32.239251' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point
JavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-80.817272", "latitude": "32.239251", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { records } = await response.json();
console.log(records.map((record) => record.korzy_id));

3. Check water and sewer service

/api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer service areas at the point and the nearest treatment plants. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-80.817272' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=32.239251' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/utilities/context
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/utilities/context",
    params={"longitude": "-80.817272", "latitude": "32.239251"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
matches = response.json()["matches"]
print([area["name"] for area in matches["water"]])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "longitude": -80.817272,
  "latitude": 32.239251,
  "matches": {
    "water": [
      {
        "feature_id": "water:41311",
        "name": "BJW&SA (0720003)",
        "boundary_basis": "System Sourced"
      }
    ],
    "sewer": []
  },
  "nearby_treatment": [
    {
      "feature_id": "treatment:16084",
      "name": "HILTON HEAD PSD #1 STP",
      "distance_km": 10.145184461368295
    },
    {
      "feature_id": "treatment:8025",
      "name": "BJWSA/CHERRY POINTE WWTP",
      "distance_km": 16.618712935774372
    }
  ]
}

Beaufort County data questions

How many parcels in Beaufort County include year built?
About 110,000 of about 110,000 parcel records (100%) include year built.
Does the Korzy API return owner names for Beaufort County parcels?
Yes. 92% of Beaufort County parcel records carry an owner name. Add include_owner=true to a point, search or parcel-record request; it doubles the request's cost, so a single parcel record costs 2 credits.
How much power generation is in Beaufort County?
4 operable power plants in Beaufort County total about 220 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly oil, solar and battery and pumped storage.
Which water systems serve Beaufort County?
Service areas of about 15 community water systems cover about 29% of Beaufort County, and sewer service areas cover about 23%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.
How much of Beaufort County is in a mapped flood zone?
About 64% of Beaufort County's area falls within special flood hazard areas on the current federal flood maps, and mapped wetlands cover about 39%.

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