---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.81"
title: "27"
number: "9.81"
heading: "Fiddletown."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.81"
---

# §9.81. Fiddletown.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Fiddletown.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The approved maps for the Fiddletown viticultural area are four U.S.G.S. maps entitled:
  - (1) Fiddletown, CA, 1949, 7.5 minute series;
  - (2) Amador City, CA, 1962, 7.5 minute series;
  - (3) Pine Grove, CA, 1948 (photoinspected 1973), 7.5 minute series;
  - (4) Aukum, CA, 1952 (photorevised 1973), 7.5 minute series.
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Fiddletown viticultural area is located in Amador County, California. The boundaries are as follows:
  - (1) From the beginning point at the north boundary where Fiddletown Shenandoah Road crosses Big Indian Creek in [Section 28](/cfr/27/28.md), Township 8 N, Range 11 E, proceed in a southwesterly direction following Big Indian Creek through the southeast corner of [Section 29](/cfr/27/29.md), crossing the northwest corner of [Section 32](/cfr/27/32.md) to where it meets [Section 31](/cfr/27/31.md);
  - (2) Then in a southerly direction follow the Section line between Sections [31](/cfr/27/31.md) and [32](/cfr/27/32.md), Township 8 N, Range 11 E, and Sections [5](/cfr/27/5.md) and [6](/cfr/27/6.md), [7](/cfr/27/7.md) and [8](/cfr/27/8.md), Township 7 N, Range 11 E, to where the Section line meets the South Fork of Dry Creek;
  - (3) Then following the South Fork of Dry Creek in an easterly direction crossing the lower portions of Sections [8](/cfr/27/8.md), [9](/cfr/27/9.md), [10](/cfr/27/10.md), [11](/cfr/27/11.md), [12](/cfr/27/12.md) and into Township 8 N, Range 12 E, at [Section 7](/cfr/27/7.md) and across [Section 7](/cfr/27/7.md) to where it meets [Section 8](/cfr/27/8.md);
  - (4) Then north following the Section line between Sections [7](/cfr/27/7.md) and [8](/cfr/27/8.md), [5](/cfr/27/5.md) and [6](/cfr/27/6.md) into Township 8 N, Range 12 E, between Sections [31](/cfr/27/31.md) and [32](/cfr/27/32.md), to Big Indian Creek; and
  - (5) Then following Big Indian Creek in a northwesterly direction through Sections [31](/cfr/27/31.md), [30](/cfr/27/30.md), [25](/cfr/27/25.md), [26](/cfr/27/26.md) and [27](/cfr/27/27.md), returning to the point of beginning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-147, 48 FR 45239, Oct. 4, 1983, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5959, Feb. 27, 1987]

### 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-147, 48 FR 45239, Oct. 4, 1983, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5959, Feb. 27, 1987]