Royalton, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Royalton City. It lies in ZIP code area 56373. The Survey maps it on the Royalton quadrangle. 1,281 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
On record in Royalton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Royalton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Royalton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royalton in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | $250,000 | Significant straight-line wind damage occurred from near Royalton, east along and near East Nature Road for roughly 13 miles. Damage included a chicken barn roof blown off, shingles off a home, and several large trees uprooted. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Royalton | $500 | An automobile windshield was broken due to the hail stones. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Boat lift bent as well as 12 oak trees down on the property. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Royalton | - | A swath of large hail, up to quarter size, fell east of Royalton, to southwest of Buckman. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Several small trees, up to 4 inches in diameter, were blown down near Royalton. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Royalton | - | Some crop damage was reported in the area. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Nearly a dozen large trees felled. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Large branches down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Royalton | - | Farmer's entire field of corn flattened, ground white as snow from hail. Strong thunderstorm winds combined with wind driven hail to punch holes in house siding. Roof blown off pole building. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Trees toppled onto power lines. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton | - | Shed destroyed. Roof damage. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Royalton | - | Several buildings severely damaged. Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Royalton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Royalton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Prairie | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bowlus | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Vawter | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gregory | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elmdale | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Little Rock | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Little Falls | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sobieski | 10.9 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Royalton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978432 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650375. 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.
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.







