All else being equal, beverages work best over rocky low conductivity soil, which I have. I replaced my beverages with an SAL30, which performs just as well, or better than 580’ beverages, and it offers more pattern switching choices. 

My QTH has just a thin layer of caliche soil over primarily limestone, with a sprinkling of granite.  Verticals work very poorly here and even an earth ground for lightning is a challenge. My SAL30 is up on fenceposts to keep it above the deer traffic, and it works very well. 

73 John N5CQ