--- kind: "section" citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.237" title: "27" number: "9.237" heading: "Eagle Peak Mendocino County." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.237" --- # §9.237. Eagle Peak Mendocino County. - (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Eagle Peak Mendocino County”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Eagle Peak Mendocino County” is a term of viticultural significance. - (b) **Approved maps.** The four United States Geographical Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Eagle Peak Mendocino County viticultural area are titled: - (1) Laughlin Range, California, provisional edition 1991; - (2) Redwood Valley, Calif., 1960, photo revised 1975; - (3) Orrs Springs, California, provisional edition 1991; and - (4) **Greenough Ridge, California, provisional edition 1991.** - (c) **Boundary.** The Eagle Peak Mendocino County viticultural area is located in Mendocino County, California. The boundary of the Eagle Peak Mendocino County viticultural area is as follows: - (1) The beginning point is located on the Laughlin Range map within McGee Canyon at the point where the 1,600-foot contour line intersects with Bakers Creek near the western boundary of [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T17N/R13W. From the beginning point, proceed southeasterly (downstream) approximately 0.2 mile along Bakers Creek to the creek's intersection with the 1,400-foot contour line, [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T17N/R13W; then - (2) Proceed southeasterly in a straight line approximately 1.5 miles, crossing onto the Redwood Valley map, to the southeast corner of [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T17N/R13W; then - (3) Proceed west-southwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.55 mile, crossing onto the Laughlin Range map, to the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and an unnamed road locally known as Reeves Canyon Road, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R13W; then - (4) Proceed southeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.9 mile, crossing onto the Redwood Valley map, to the southeast corner of [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R13W; then - (5) Proceed south-southwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.65 mile to the intersection of an unnamed, unimproved road and an unnamed intermittent stream located approximately 500 feet south of Seward Creek, [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T16N/R13W; then - (6) Proceed west-southwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.9 mile, crossing onto the Laughlin Ridge map, to the southwest corner of [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T16N/R13W; then - (7) Proceed west-southwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile, crossing onto the Orrs Springs map, to the 1,883-foot elevation point in [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T16N/R13W; then - (8) Proceed west-southwesterly in a series of three straight lines (totaling approximately 3.15 miles in distance), first to the 1,836-foot elevation point in [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T16N/R13W; then to the 1,805-foot elevation point in [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T16N/R13W; and then to the 2,251-foot elevation point in [section 20](/cfr/27/20.md), T16W/R13W; then - (9) Proceed south-southwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile to the 2,562-foot elevation point, [section 20](/cfr/27/20.md), T16N/R13W; then - (10) Proceed north-northwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile to the 2,218-foot elevation point, [section 19](/cfr/27/19.md), T16N/R13W; then - (11) Proceed northeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.35 mile to the 2,112-foot elevation point in the southeast corner of [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T16N/R13W; then - (12) Proceed north-northeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.9 mile to the 2,344-foot elevation point, [section 17](/cfr/27/17.md), T16N/R13W; then - (13) Proceed northwesterly in a straight line approximately 1.8 miles, crossing onto the Laughlin Range map, to the intersection of the R13W/R14W common boundary line and an unnamed, unimproved road east of Leonard Lake, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R14W; then - (14) Proceed west-northwesterly along the unnamed, unimproved road to the road's intersection with the 2,000 foot contour line between Leonard Lake and Mud Lake, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R13W; then - (15) Proceed north-northwesterly in a straight line approximately 1.6 miles, crossing onto the Greenough Ridge map, to the 2,246-foot elevation point, [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T17N/R14W; then - (16) Proceed northerly in a straight line approximately 0.9 mile to the 2,214-foot elevation point, [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T17N/R14W; then - (17) Proceed northeasterly in a straight line approximately 1 mile, crossing onto the Laughlin Range map, to the peak of Impassable Rocks, [section 24](/cfr/27/24.md), T17N/R14W; then - (18) Proceed northwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.95 mile, crossing onto the Greenough Ridge map, to the 2,617-foot elevation point, [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T17N/R14W, and continue northwesterly in a straight line approximately 0.8 mile to the 2,836-foot elevation point of Irene Peak, [section 11](/cfr/27/11.md), T17N/R14W; then - (19) Proceed northerly in a straight line approximately 1 mile to the intersection of 3 unnamed unimproved roads approximately 0.3 mile west of the headwaters of Walker Creek (locally known as the intersection of Blackhawk Drive, Walker Lake Road, and Williams Ranch Road) [section 2](/cfr/27/2.md), T17N/R14W; then - (20) Proceed easterly along the unnamed improved road, locally known as Blackhawk Drive, approximately 1.35 miles, crossing onto the Laughlin range map, to the road's intersection with the [section 2](/cfr/27/2.md) eastern boundary line, T17N/R14W; then - (21) Proceed east-northeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.75 mile, returning to the 2,213 elevation point near the northeast corner of [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T17N/R14W; then - (22) Proceed southeasterly in a straight line approximately 3.55 miles to BM 1893 (0.2 mile south of Ridge) in [section 16](/cfr/27/16.md), T17N/R13W, and then continue southeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.85 mile to a radio facility located at approximately 2,840 feet in elevation in the Laughlin Range, [section 15](/cfr/27/15.md), T17N/R13W; then - (23) Proceed easterly in a straight line approximately 0.85 mile to another radio facility located at approximately 3,320 feet in elevation in the Laughlin Range, [section 14](/cfr/27/14.md), T17N/R13W; then - (24) Proceed southerly in a straight line approximately 1.5 miles to the 2,452-foot elevation point in [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T17N/R13W; then - (25) Proceed southeasterly in a straight line approximately 0.4 mile to the intersection of the 1,800-foot contour line with Bakers Creek within McGee Canyon, [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T17N/R13W; then - (26) Proceed southeasterly (downstream) approximately 0.2 mile along Bakers Creek, returning to the beginning point. ## Notes ### Amendments [T.D. TTB-124, 79 FR 60973, Oct. 9, 2014] ### 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-124, 79 FR 60973, Oct. 9, 2014]