BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Royal Center School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Address. Northwest corner of intersection of Sulphur Cutoff and Stoneville Rds., Opal, 57758
- When was it listed? February 2023
- Category. building
- Also known as. Schools in South Dakota MPS
- Unorganized territory. North Meade
- National Register reference number. 100008632 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Royal Center School between 2001 and 2017, burning about 355 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 July 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MERLE VIG |
| 17 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Opal Volunteer Fire Department | PINE CREEK |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Storms near this property
60 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Opal, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 33 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Opal | $10,000 | Two to three inches of rain fell in less than two hours, causing small streams to overflow their banks and overwhelming culverts. Water was reported over portions of Old Marcus Road and fences were destroyed. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | $2,000 | The combination of large hail and strong wind gusts caused minor damage. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Pea sized hail fell with the storm. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | The strong winds downed several trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Opal | - | The ground was covered with hail. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated around 70 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | None. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | None. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | Three to four inch tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Opal | - | 3 Windows broken |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opal | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Opal | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008632 in Record Group 79. |
| Meade County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.