Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Veal School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,217 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CARROLL-013 |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-005 |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HEARD-002 |
| 21 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CARROLL-003 |
| 20 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roopville, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Roopville | 1 killed, $4,400,000 | A National Weather Service Damage Survey Team, in conjunction with the Carroll County Emergency Manager and Chief of Fire and Rescue operations, concluded that the F2 tornado, which began just south of Glenloch in Heard county, continued north into Carroll county. The tornado entered Carroll county approximately three miles southeast of Roopville and continued north at 30-35 mph to a point about three miles northeast of Roopville. The overall path length within Carroll county was 4.0 miles with an approximate path width of 200 yards. Extensive damage occurred along the path of the tornado. A total of 17 large chicken houses were destroyed along with 1,000,000 chickens. This resulted in agricultural damages alone in Carroll county of $3,000,000. A 40-year old man was killed while stepping outside his house to check on the status of his poultry and one of his chicken houses. Other livestock, including cattle and horses were also killed along the tornado path. Several homes and vehicles were also damaged or destroyed. One Chevrolet pickup truck was flipped over by the tornado onto a pile of bricks and wooden panels. Damage to homes and residential property from the tornado was estimated at $1,435,800. Overall damage in Carroll county from the tornado and subsequent thunderstorm wind was estimated at $5,235,800. All together 30 homes in the county suffered moderate damage, with another 100 homes sustaining minor damage. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $800,000 | The Carroll County Emergency Management Director, the Carroll County Fire and Rescue Chief, and the National Weather Service Damage Survey Team determined that while the F2 tornado ended approximately three miles northeast of Roopville, damage continued northward from this location to a point approximately three miles southwest of Carrollton. Several more homes, vehicles, and residential property were damaged in this area. Residential damages from this non-tornadic portion of this storm were estimated at $800,000. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down and damaged house roofs. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and tore off the roof of a home in Roopville. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $4,000 | The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the roadway at the intersection of Highway 27 and Highway 5. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | Power lines were downed on thomas wilson road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | Tree downed along glenloch road near lepard road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | Tree downed along gum creek road near the county line. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | EM reports Tree down across roadway at the intersection of Glenloch Rd and GA Hwy 27. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | Tree and powerlines downed along Milligan Creek Rd. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roopville | $1,000 | The Carroll County 911 Center reported that four trees were down in the southern part of the county. One tree was down on Oak Grove Road and another was down on Oak Grove Church Road. |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Roopville | $500 | The Roopville Fire Department reported that lightning struck a house and knocked some of the bricks off the chimney. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Roopville | - | The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail across the far southern portion of the county along the Heard and Coweta county lines. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Roopville | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Roopville | - | A report from a spotter and one from Carroll county 911 indicated dime size hail in the south part of Carroll county. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Roopville | - | A spotter reported dime to quarter size hail near the Carroll/Heard county line. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Roopville | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and tore off the roof of a home in Roopville. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Roopville | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdon Historic District | 7.0 miles | 2009 | |
 | Dr. James L. Lovvorn House | 7.2 miles | 1988 |
| McDaniel-Huie Place | 7.9 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001427 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carroll County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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