---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.92"
title: "27"
number: "9.92"
heading: "Madera."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.92"
---

# §9.92. Madera.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Madera.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The approved maps for determining the boundary of the Madera viticultural area are eleven U.S.G.S. maps. They are entitled:
  - (1) “Clovis, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1964, photorevised 1972;
  - (2) “Fresno North, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1965, photorevised 1972;
  - (3) “Friant, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1964;
  - (4) “Lanes Bridge, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1964, photoinspected 1973;
  - (5) “Gregg, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1965;
  - (6) “Madera, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1963;
  - (7) “Kismet, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1961;
  - (8) “Raynor Creek, Cal.,” 7 1/2 minute series, edition of 1961;
  - (9) “Fresno, Cal.,” scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1962, revised 1971;
  - (10) “Monterey, Cal.,” scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1974; and
  - (11) “San Jose, Cal.,” scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1962, revised 1969.
- (c) **Boundaries.** The Madera viticultural area is located in Madera and Fresno Counties, California. The beginning point is found on the “Fresno North,” 7 1/2 minute series U.S.G.S. map at the point where the San Joaquin River intersects the section line dividing sections [20](/cfr/27/20.md) and [29](/cfr/27/29.md), and sections [21](/cfr/27/21.md) and [28](/cfr/27/28.md), T. 12 S., R. 20 E.;
  - (1) Then east approximately 6 miles following the section line and Shepherd Avenue to the intersection with Sunnyside Road;
  - (2) Then north approximately 7 miles following Sunnyside Road and continuing along the section line to the point of intersection of section [16](/cfr/27/16.md), [17](/cfr/27/17.md), [20](/cfr/27/20.md), and [21](/cfr/27/21.md), T.11S., R 21E.;
  - (3) Then west approximately 17.6 miles following the section line and continuing along Avenue 15 to the intersection with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
  - (4) Then northwest following the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Road 26;
  - (5) Then north following Road 26 and continuing north in a straight line to the Chowchilla River in the “Raynor Creek” 7 1/2 minute series U.S.G.S. map, and in the “San Jose” scaled 1:250,000 U.S.G.S. map;
  - (6) Then west following the Chowchilla River to the point where the Madera County-Merced County boundary diverges from the river;
  - (7) Then southwest following the Madera County-Merced County boundary to the San Joaquin River;
  - (8) **Then following the San Joaquin River south and east returning to the point of beginning.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-192, 49 FR 47833, Dec. 12, 1984; 50 FR 2782, Jan. 22, 1985, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5960, 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-192, 49 FR 47833, Dec. 12, 1984; 50 FR 2782, Jan. 22, 1985, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 52 FR 5960, Feb. 27, 1987]