27 CFR §9.159
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- (a)Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Yorkville Highlands.”
- (b)Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the boundary of the Yorkville Highlands viticultural area are the following six U.S.G.S. topographical maps (7.5 minute series, 1:24000 scale):
- (1)Gube Mountain, Calif., provisional edition 1991;
- (2)Big Foot Mountain, Calif., provisional edition 1991;
- (3)Cloverdale, Calif., 1960, photoinspected 1975;
- (4)Ornbaun Valley Quadrangle, Calif., provisional edition, 1991;
- (5)Yorkville, Calif., provisional edition, 1991;
- (6)Hopland, Calif., 1960, photoinspected 1975.
- (c)Boundary. The Yorkville Highlands viticultural area is located in Mendocino County, California. The boundary is as follows:
- (1)The beginning point is Benchmark 680, located in Section 30, T. 12 N., R. 13 W., on the Ornbaum Valley quadrangle map;
- (2)From the beginning point, the boundary proceeds in a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point intersecting the North Fork of Robinson Creek and the Section 20, T. 13 N., R. 13 W.;
- (3)The boundary then proceeds in a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the summit of Sanel Mountain, located at the southeast corner of Section 30, T. 13 N., R. 12 W., on the Yorkville quadrangle map;
- (4)The boundary then proceeds in a straight line in a southeasterly direction until it reaches the southeast corner of Section 15, T. 12 N., R 11 W., on the Hopland quadrangle map;
- (5)The boundary then proceeds south, following the eastern boundaries of Sections 22 and 27, T. 12 N., R 11 W., until it reaches the Mendocino-Sonoma County line on the Cloverdale quadrangle map;
- (6)The boundary then follows the Mendocino-Sonoma county line west, south and west until it reaches the southwest corner of Section 32, T. 12 N., R. 11 W.;
- (7)The boundary then diverges from the county line and proceeds in a northwesterly direction, traversing the Big Foot Mountain quadrangle map, until it reaches the southwest corner of Section 5, T. 12 N., R. 13 W. on the Ornbaun Valley quadrangle map;
- (8)The boundary proceeds in a straight line in a northerly direction until it reaches the beginning point at Benchmark 680.