Loess Hills District
The Loess Hills District appellation was established in 2016 and covers 4,602,288 acres across Fremont, Page, Mills.
| Established | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Area | 4,602,288 acres · 7,191 sq miles |
| Counties | Fremont, Page, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Cass, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Plymouth, Sioux, Atchison, Holt |
| Federal listing | 27 CFR 9.255 |
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How it came to be
Recognised by the federal government on petition by Shirley Frederiksen, Western Iowa Grape Growers Association and the Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development Organization.
4,602,288 acres
The boundary, as written into law
Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:
(1) The beginning point is on the Rock Rapids, Iowa-South Dakota map, in Sioux County, Iowa, at the intersection of the Big Sioux River and an unnamed road known locally as County Road B30 (360th Street), east of Hudson, South Dakota. From the beginning point, proceed east on County Road B30 approximately 3 miles to a road known locally as County Road K22 (Coolidge Avenue); then (2) Proceed south on County Road K22...
Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.