--- kind: "section" citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.233" title: "27" number: "9.233" heading: "Kelsey Bench-Lake County." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.233" --- # §9.233. Kelsey Bench-Lake County. - (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Kelsey Bench-Lake County”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Kelsey Bench-Lake County,” “Kelsey Bench,” and “Kelseyville Bench” are terms of viticultural significance. - (b) **Approved maps.** The two United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Kelsey Bench-Lake County viticultural area are titled: - (1) Kelseyville, CA, 1993; and - (2) **Highland Springs, CA, 1993.** - (c) **Boundary.** The Kelsey Bench-Lake County viticultural area is located in Lake County, California. The boundary of the Kelsey Bench-Lake County viticultural area is as described below: - (1) The beginning point is on the Kelseyville map within the town of Kelseyville at the intersection of Konocti Road and Main Street (not named on the map), [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T13N/R9W. From the beginning point, proceed east on Konocti Road approximately 0.9 mile to the road's 3-way intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road to the south, [section 13](/cfr/27/13.md), T13N/R9W; then - (2) Proceed south on the unnamed, unimproved road approximately 0.35 mile to a fork in the road, and continue on the eastern branch of the fork approximately 0.4 mile to the point where the road intersects a straight line drawn westward from the marked 2,493-foot elevation point in [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W, to the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation line and the eastern boundary of [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T13N/R9W (which is concurrent with Wilkerson Road); then - (3) Proceed westerly along the straight line described in [paragraph (c)(2)](#c-2) approximately 0.3 mile to the line's western end at the intersection of the 1,600-foot elevation line and the eastern boundary of [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T13N/R9W; then - (4) Proceed south along the eastern boundaries of sections [23](/cfr/27/23.md) and [26](/cfr/27/26.md), T13N/R9W, approximately 0.8 mile to the first intersection of the eastern boundary of [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md) and the 1,720-foot elevation line; then - (5) Proceed southeasterly along the 1,720-foot elevation line to the line's intersection with State Highway 29/175, just west of BM 1758, [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T13N/R9W; then - (6) Proceed west on State Highway 29/175 approximately 0.15 mile to the highway's intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road, [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T13N/R9W; then - (7) Proceed southwest then west on the unnamed, unimproved road approximately 0.4 mile to the road's intersection with Cole Creek Road at Bottle Rock Road, [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T13N/R9W; then - (8) Proceed west on Cole Creek Road approximately 0.65 mile to the road's intersection with an unnamed, light-duty road known locally as Live Oak Drive (at BM 1625), [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T13N/R9W; then - (9) Proceed northwest on Live Oak Drive to the road's intersection with Gross Road (at BM 1423), [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T13N/R9W; then - (10) Proceed south on Gross Road approximately 0.65 mile to the road's intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation line, [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T13N/R9W; then - (11) Proceed southerly along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation line to the line's intersection with Sweetwater Creek [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T12N/R9W; then - (12) Proceed due west in a straight line approximately 0.6 mile to the line's first intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation after crossing Kelsey Creek, [section 10](/cfr/27/10.md), T12N/R9W; then - (13) Proceed westerly and then northerly along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation line to the line's intersection with Kelsey Creek Drive, [section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), T12N/R9W; then - (14) Proceed west on Kelsey Creek Drive and then Adobe Creek Drive, crossing onto the Highland Springs map, and continue north-northwest on Adobe Creek Drive, a total distance of approximately 3.25 miles, to the marked 1,439-foot elevation point in [section 29](/cfr/27/29.md), T13N/R9W; then - (15) Proceed west-southwest in a straight line that passes through the marked 1,559-foot elevation point in [section 29](/cfr/27/29.md), T13N/R9W, and continue in the same direction to the line's intersection with an unnamed, light-duty road known locally as East Highland Springs Road, a total distance of approximately 0.6 mile, [section 30](/cfr/27/30.md), T13N, R9W; then - (16) Proceed north on East Highland Springs Road approximately 0.5 mile, to the road's intersection with an unnamed road in the northeast quadrant of [section 30](/cfr/27/30.md), T13N/R9W; then - (17) Proceed northwest on the unnamed road to the road's end point, then continue due north-northwest in a straight line, a total distance of approximately 0.3 mile, to the line's intersection with the southern boundary of [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W; then - (18) Proceed west along the southern boundary of [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W, approximately 0.5 mile to the section's southwest corner; then - (19) Proceed north along the western boundary of [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W, approximately 0.3 mile to the section line's seventh intersection with the 1,600-foot elevation line; then - (20) Proceed westerly, northwesterly, and then easterly along the meandering 1,600-foot elevation line to the line's second intersection with the northern boundary of [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W; then - (21) Proceed east along the northern boundary of [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W, approximately 0.35 mile to the section boundary's intersection with an unnamed road known locally as Fritch Road; then - (22) Proceed east on Fritch Road approximately 0.4 mile to the road's intersection with Highland Springs Road, [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T13N/R9W; then - (23) Proceed south on Highland Springs Road approximately 0.8 mile to the road's intersection with Bell Hill Road, [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T13N/R9W; then - (24) Proceed eastward on the meandering Bell Hill Road approximately 1.4 miles to the road's last intersection with the 1,400-foot elevation line in [section 20](/cfr/27/20.md), T13N/R9W; then - (25) Proceed northeasterly along the 1,400-foot elevation line, crossing onto the Kelseyville map, to the line's first intersection with Bell Hill Road in the southeast quadrant of [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T13N/R9W; then - (26) Proceed northeast and then east on Bell Hill Road approximately 0.15 mile to the road's intersection with Hill Creek, [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T13N/R9W; then - (27) Proceed northerly (downstream) along Hill Creek approximately 0.9 mile to the creek's intersection with Merritt Road, [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T13N/R9W; then - (28) Proceed east on Merritt Road approximately 0.1 mile to the road's intersection with the 1,400-foot elevation line, northern boundary of [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T13N/R9W; then - (29) Proceed northerly along the 1,400-foot elevation line approximately 0.2 mile to State Highway 29/175, [section 9](/cfr/27/9.md), T13N/R9W, and then continue northerly and then southeasterly along the 1,400-foot elevation line approximately 0.5 mile to the line's intersection with Merritt Road, northern boundary of [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T13N/R9W; then - (30) Proceed east on Merritt Road approximately 0.3 mile to the road's intersection with an unnamed road known locally as Big Valley Road (or North Main Street), northern boundary of [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T13N/R9W; then - (31) Proceed south then east on Big Valley Road (North Main Street) approximately 0.35 mile to the road's intersection with Kelsey Creek, [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T13N/R9W; then - (32) Proceed southerly (upstream) along Kelsey Creek approximately 0.5 mile to the creek's intersection with State Highway 29/175, [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T13N/R9W; then - (33) Proceed southeast on State Highway 29/175 approximately 0.4 mile, crossing Live Oak Drive, to the highway's intersection with an unnamed road known locally as Main Street, [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T13N/R9W; then - (34) Proceed north on Main Street approximately 0.3 mile, returning to the beginning point. ## Notes ### Amendments [T.D. TTB-118, 78 FR 60689, Oct. 2, 2013] ### 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. TTB-118, 78 FR 60689, Oct. 2, 2013]