---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.249"
title: "27"
number: "9.249"
heading: "The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.249"
---

# §9.249. The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater” and “The Rocks of Milton-Freewater” are terms of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The two United States Geological Survey 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Milton-Freewater, Oreg., 1964; and
  - (2) Bowlus Hill, Oreg., 1964; photoinspected 1976.
- (c) **Boundary.** The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater viticultural area is located in Umatilla County, Oregon. The boundary of The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater viticultural area is as follows:
  - (1) The beginning point is found on the Milton-Freewater map at the intersection of an unnamed medium-duty road known locally as Freewater Highway (State Route 339) and an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Crockett Road, [section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T6N/R35E. From the beginning point, proceed east-southeasterly in a straight line for 0.8 mile to the intersection of State Highway 11 (Oregon-Washington Highway) and an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Appleton Road, [section 25](/cfr/27/25.md), T6N/R35E; then
  - (2) Proceed southeasterly in a straight line for 1.05 miles, crossing onto the Bowlus Hill map, to the intersection of three unnamed light-duty roads known locally as Grant Road, Turbyne Road, and Pratt Lane on the common boundary between [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T6N/R35E, and [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T5N/R36E; then
  - (3) Proceed southwesterly in a straight line for 1.1 miles, crossing back onto the Milton-Freewater map, to the intersection of the Union Pacific railroad tracks with the Walla Walla River, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T5N/R35E; then
  - (4) Proceed southwesterly and then west-northwesterly along the Union Pacific railroad tracks for 1.2 miles to the intersection of the railroad tracks with the 980-foot elevation contour line, approximately 0.15 mile west of Lamb Street, [section 2](/cfr/27/2.md), T5N/R35E; then
  - (5) Proceed west-northwesterly in a straight line for 2.25 miles to the intersection of the 840-foot elevation contour line and an unnamed light-duty road known locally as Lower Dry Creek Road, [section 33](/cfr/27/33.md), T6N/R35E; then
  - (6) Proceed northwesterly in a straight line for 0.8 mile to the intersection of the 800-foot elevation contour line with an unnamed light-duty road running north-south in [section 32](/cfr/27/32.md), T6N/R35E; then
  - (7) Proceed easterly in a straight line for 0.9 mile to the intersection of the 840-foot elevation contour line with the Hudson Bay Canal, [section 33](/cfr/27/33.md), T6N/R35E; then
  - (8) Proceed due north in a straight line for 0.25 mile to the line's intersection with Sunnyside Road, [section 33](/cfr/27/33.md), T6N/T35E; then
  - (9) Proceed northeasterly in a straight line for 0.5 mile to the intersection of the 840-foot elevation contour line with an unnamed medium-duty road known locally as State Highway 332 (Umapine Highway), eastern boundary of [section 28](/cfr/27/28.md), R6N/T35E; then
  - (10) Proceed east-northeasterly in a straight line for 0.3 mile to the intersection of three unnamed light-duty roads known locally as Triangle Road, Hodgen Road, and Appleton Road, [section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), T6N/R35E; then
  - (11) Proceed east-northeasterly in a straight line for 1.25 miles, returning to the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-127, 80 FR 6906, Feb. 9, 2015]

### 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-127, 80 FR 6906, Feb. 9, 2015]