---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.140"
title: "27"
number: "9.140"
heading: "Atlas Peak."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.140"
---

# §9.140. Atlas Peak.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Atlas Peak.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate maps of determining the boundaries of the Atlas Peak viticultural area are two U.S.G.S. maps. They are entitled:
  - (1) “Yountville, Calif.,” 7.5 minute series, edition of 1951, (photorevised 1968); and
  - (2) “Capell Valley, Calif.,” 7.5 minute series, edition of 1951, (photorevised 1968).
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Atlas Peak viticultural area is located in Napa County, California. It lies entirely within the Napa Valley viticultural area. The beginning point is Haystack (peak) found in [section 21](/cfr/27/21.md), T. 7 N., R. 4 W. on the “Yountville” U.S.G.S. map;
  - (1) From the beginning point, the boundary proceeds south in a straight line approximately 0.5 miles, to the highest point of an unnamed peak of 1443 feet elevation on the boundary of sections [21](/cfr/27/21.md) and [28](/cfr/27/28.md), T. 7 N., R. 4 W.;
  - (2) Then southeast in a straight line approximately one mile to an unnamed pass with an elevation of 1485 feet, located on Soda Canyon Road;
  - (3) Then easterly in a straight line approximately 0.5 miles to an unnamed peak of 2135 feet elevation;
  - (4) Then in a generally southeasterly direction, as a series of five straight lines connecting the highest points of unnamed peaks with elevations of 1778, 2102, 1942, 1871 and 1840 feet, ending in the center of [section 2](/cfr/27/2.md), T. 6 N., R. 4 W.;
  - (5) Then southeast in a straight line approximately 1.8 miles to the highest point of an unnamed peak of 1268 feet elevation in [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T. 6 N., R. 4 W. on the Capell Valley U.S.G.S. map;
  - (6) Then east-southeast in a straight line approximately 1.1 miles to the point where an unnamed tributary stream enters Milliken Creek, immediately south of the Milliken Reservoir in [section 7](/cfr/27/7.md), T. 6 N., R. 3 W.;
  - (7) Then following the unnamed stream east-northeast approximately 0.5 miles to its source;
  - (8) Then northeast in a straight line approximately 0.5 miles, through the highest point of an unnamed peak of 1846 feet elevation, to the 1600 foot contour line in the eastern portion of [section 8](/cfr/27/8.md), T. 6 N., R. 3 W.;
  - (9) Then following the 1600 foot contour line generally north and west for approximately 10 miles, to the point of intersection with the boundary line between sections [12](/cfr/27/12.md) and [13](/cfr/27/13.md), T. 7 N., R. 4 W. on the Yountville U.S.G.S. map;
  - (10) Then following the section boundary line west approximately 1.1 miles to the intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road;
  - (11) Then northwest in a straight line approximately 0.7 miles to the highest point of an unnamed peak of 2114 feet elevation, located in [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T. N., R. 4 W.;
  - (12) Then northwest in a straight line approximately 0.7 miles to the highest point of an unnamed peak of 2023 feet elevation, located in [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T. N., R. 4 W.;
  - (13) Then southwest in a straight line approximately 2.2 miles to Haystack (peak), the point of beginning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-320, 57 FR 2681, Jan. 23, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-60, 44 FR 56692, Oct. 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-320, 57 FR 2681, Jan. 23, 1992]