---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.28"
title: "27"
number: "9.28"
heading: "Santa Maria Valley."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.28"
---

# §9.28. Santa Maria Valley.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Santa Maria Valley”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Santa Maria Valley” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The six United States Geological Survey maps used to determine the boundary of the Santa Maria Valley viticultural area are titled:
  - (1) Orcutt Quadrangle, California-Santa Barbara Co., 7.5 minute series, 1959, photorevised 1967 and 1974, photoinspected 1978;
  - (2) Santa Maria Quadrangle, California, 7.5 minute series, 1959, photorevised 1982;
  - (3) “San Luis Obispo”, N.I. 10-3, series V 502, scale 1: 250,000;
  - (4) “Santa Maria”, N.I. 10-6, 9, series V 502, scale 1: 250,000;
  - (5) Foxen Canyon Quadrangle, California-Santa Barbara Co., 7.5-minute series, 1995; and
  - (6) Sisquoc Quadrangle, California-Santa Barbara Co., 7.5 minute series, 1959, photoinspected 1974.
- (c) **Boundary.** The Santa Maria Valley viticultural area is located in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, California. The boundary of the Santa Maria Valley viticultural area is as follows:
  - (1) Begin on the Orcutt quadrangle map at the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and Clark Avenue, [section 18](/cfr/27/18.md) north boundary line, T9N/R33W, then proceed generally north along U.S. Route 101 approximately 10 miles onto the Santa Maria quadrangle map to U.S. Route 101's intersection with State Route 166 (east), T10N/R34W; then
  - (2) Proceed generally northeast along State Route 166 (east) onto the San Luis Obispo N.I. 10-3 map to State Route 166's intersection with the section line southwest of Chimney Canyon, T11N/R32W; then
  - (3) Proceed south in a straight line onto the Santa Maria N.I. 10-6 map to the 3,016-foot summit of Los Coches Mountain; then
  - (4) Proceed southeast in a straight line onto the Foxen Canyon quadrangle map to the 2,822-foot summit of Bone Mountain, T9N/R32W; then
  - (5) Proceed south-southwest in a straight line approximately 6 miles to the line's intersection with secondary highways Foxen Canyon Road and Alisos Canyon Road and a marked 1,116-foot elevation point, T8N/R32W; then
  - (6) Proceed west-northwest in a straight line approximately 6 miles onto the Sisquoc quadrangle map to the southeast corner of [section 4](/cfr/27/4.md), T8N/R32W; then
  - (7) Proceed west-northwest in a straight line approximately 6.2 miles, crossing over the Solomon Hills, to the line's intersection with U.S. Route 101 and a private, unnamed light-duty road that meanders east into the Cat Canyon Oil Field, T9N/R33W; then
  - (8) Proceed north 3.75 miles along U.S. Route 101 onto the Orcutt quadrangle map and return to the point of beginning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-89, 46 FR 39812, Aug. 5, 1981, as amended by T.D. TTB-88, 75 FR 81849, Dec. 29, 2010]

### 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-89, 46 FR 39812, Aug. 5, 1981, as amended by T.D. TTB-88, 75 FR 81849, Dec. 29, 2010]