Flock & ALPR Cameras in Blacksburg, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around Blacksburg — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Blacksburg in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 19:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Blacksburg
The readers mapped around Blacksburg break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Mountain Street — 3 readers
- West Cherokee Street — 2 readers
- Onyx Drive — 1 reader
- East Cherokee Street — 1 reader
- Blacksburg Highway — 1 reader
- South Charleston Street — 1 reader
Blacksburg SC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Blacksburg SC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 50 other agencies.
Blacksburg in the Cherokee County picture
Cherokee County has 6 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,734 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 56,299 residents and 1,297 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 62.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic.
Camera activity around Blacksburg, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Blacksburg. Latest change logged Aug 15, 2026.
What’s watching Blacksburg
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Blacksburg — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Blacksburg (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Blacksburg
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Blacksburg
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).