---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.252"
title: "27"
number: "9.252"
heading: "Eagle Foothills."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.252"
---

# §9.252. Eagle Foothills.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Eagle Foothills”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Eagle Foothills” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The 6 United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Eagle Foothills viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Southwest Emmett, Idaho, 1970;
  - (2) Southeast Emmett, Idaho, provisional edition 1985;
  - (3) Pearl, Idaho, provisional edition 1985;
  - (4) Eagle, Idaho, 1998;
  - (5) Star, Idaho, 1953; and
  - (6) **Middleton, Idaho, 1958; photorevised 1971.**
- (c) **Boundary.** The Eagle Foothills viticultural area is located in Gem and Ada Counties in Idaho. The boundary of the Eagle Foothills viticultural area is as described below:
  - (1) The beginning point is on the Southwest Emmett map at the intersection of the Ada, Gem, and Canyon County lines at the southwestern corner of [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md), T6N/R1W.
  - (2) From the beginning point, proceed north along the western boundary of [section 31](/cfr/27/31.md) to the southwest corner of [section 30](/cfr/27/30.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (3) Proceed north-northeast in a straight line to the marked 3,109-foot elevation point near the southwest corner of [section 30](/cfr/27/30.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (4) Proceed northeast in a straight line, crossing onto the Southeast Emmett map, to the marked 3,230-foot elevation point in [section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (5) Proceed east-northeast in a straight line to the marked 3,258-foot elevation point in [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (6) Proceed easterly in a straight line to the 3,493-foot elevation point in [section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (7) Proceed northeast in a straight line to the 3,481-foot elevation point in [section 13](/cfr/27/13.md), T6N/R1W; then
  - (8) Proceed northeast in a straight line to the intersection of the marked 4-wheel drive trail with the R1W range line; then
  - (9) Proceed north along the R1W range line to its first intersection with the 3,400-foot elevation contour; then
  - (10) Proceed east along the meandering 3,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Pearl map, then continuing easterly, then southerly, along the meandering 3,400-foot elevation contour, crossing Schiller Creek, the North and South Forks of Willow Creek, and Big Gulch Creek, to the first intersection of the 3,400-foot contour line with the R1E/R2E range line, which forms the eastern boundary of [section 13](/cfr/27/13.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (11) Proceed southeast in a straight line to the marked 3,613-foot elevation in point [Section 18](/cfr/27/18.md), T5N/R2E; then
  - (12) Proceed southwest in a straight line to the marked 3,426-foot elevation point in [Section 24](/cfr/27/24.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (13) Proceed west in a straight line to the marked 3,416-foot elevation point in [Section 24](/cfr/27/24.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (14) Proceed west in a straight line to the marked 3,119-foot elevation point in [Section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (15) Proceed south in a straight line to the marked 3,366-foot elevation point in [Section 23](/cfr/27/23.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (16) Proceed southwest in a straight line, crossing onto the Eagle map, to the marked 3,372-foot elevation point in [Section 26](/cfr/27/26.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (17) Proceed northwest in a straight line, crossing back onto the Pearl map, to the marked 3,228-foot elevation point in [Section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (18) Proceed southwest in a straight line to the marked 3,205-foot elevation point in [Section 22](/cfr/27/22.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (19) Proceed south in a straight line, crossing onto the Eagle map, to the marked 3,163-foot elevation point in [Section 27](/cfr/27/27.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (20) Proceed southwest in a straight line to the marked 2,958-foot elevation point in [Section 28](/cfr/27/28.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (21) Proceed southwest in a straight line to the northeast corner of [section 32](/cfr/27/32.md), T5N/R1E; then
  - (22) Proceed south along the eastern boundary of [Section 32](/cfr/27/32.md) to the point where the boundary joins Pearl Road, then continue south along Pearl Road to the intersection of the road with Beacon Road; then
  - (23) Proceed west along Beacon Road, crossing onto the Star map, to the intersection of Beacon Road with an unnamed light-duty road known locally as North Wing Road at the southern boundary of [section 32](/cfr/27/32.md), T5N/R1W; then
  - (24) Proceed south along North Wing Road to the intersection of the road with New Hope Road in [Section 5](/cfr/27/5.md), T4N/R1W; then
  - (25) Proceed west along New Hope Road, crossing onto the Middleton map, to the intersection of the road with the Ada-Canyon County line; then
  - (26) Proceed north along the Ada-Canyon County line, crossing onto the Southwest Emmett map, to the beginning point.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-131, 80 FR 73660, Nov. 25, 2015; T.D. TTB-196 , 89 FR 87936, Nov. 6, 2024]

### 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-131, 80 FR 73660, Nov. 25, 2015; T.D. TTB-196 , 89 FR 87936, Nov. 6, 2024]
