Cucamonga Valley
AVA · San Bernardino County · District 15 — 89.13% of this appellation; also in Riverside (10.87%)
27 CFR 9.150 · established 1995-03-31
Heat class V · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
46 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
23 mm of it in the , Sep 1 – Oct 31
Warm and cool vintages since 1980
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Rain across the season, and at harvest
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The boundary
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Measured vineyard area
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Drought categories, year by year
San Bernardino County — not Cucamonga Valley
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What's in the ground
6.8
pH, 1:1 water
12.9cm
, whole profile
197cm
to
Somewhat excessively drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 83 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 43.3%
- 19.2%
- 9.9%
- 9.3%
- 4.6%
83 map units · soil described over 99.3% of the region’s area · 1.0% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 2% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Loamy sand
80% sand · 15% silt · 5% clay
Sandier than 99% of California appellations and clayier than 0%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 11% rock fragments by volume, which the triangle does not describe — the three fractions are of the fine-earth material only.
Elevation, slope and aspect
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Producers
A curated roster, not a census — only source-verified entries appear, 2772 published across the atlas.
Bearing acreage by variety
San Bernardino County · District 15 — 89.13% of this appellation; also in Riverside (10.87%)
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Price per ton
San Bernardino County · District 15 — 89.13% of this appellation; also in Riverside (10.87%)
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (479 words)
(c) Boundary. The Cucamonga Valley viticultural area is located in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California. The boundary is as follows: (1) The beginning point is the intersection of Euclid Avenue and 24th Street on the Mt. Baldy, Calif. U.S.G.S. map; (2) From the beginning point, the boundary follows 24th Street east for approximately 0.3 mile, until it reaches the intersection of 24th Street with two unnamed light-duty streets to the north; (3) The boundary then diverges from 24th Street and goes straight north for approximately 0.3 mile, until it reaches the 2,000 foot contour line; (4) The boundary then follows the 2,000 foot contour line in a generally easterly direction across the Cucamonga Peak, Calif., U.S.G.S. map and onto the Devore, Calif., U.S.G.S. map until it reaches Lytle Creek Wash; (5) The boundary follows the intermittent stream in Lytle Creek Wash in a southeasterly direction to the end of the intermittent stream on the Devore, Calif., U.S.G.S. map; (6) The boundary then continues through Lytle Creek Wash, proceeding southeast in a straight line from the end of the intermittent stream, across the southwest corner of the San Bernardino North, Calif., U.S.G.S. map and onto the San Bernardino, South, Calif., U.S.G.S. map, to the northernmost point of the flood control basin at the end of the Lytle Creek Wash, a distance of approximately 4.3 miles; (7) The boundary then proceeds in a straight line south-southeast across the flood control basin to the point where Lytle Creek Channel exits the basin; (8) The boundary continues along Lytle Creek Channel until it empties into Warm Creek; (9) The boundary then follows Warm Creek until it meets the Santa Ana River; (10) The boundary then follows the western edge of the Santa Ana River in a generally southwesterly direction until it meets the San Bernardino—Riverside County line; (11) The boundary follows the county line west, crossing onto the Guasti, Calif., U.S.G.S. map, until it reaches the unnamed channel between Etiwanda and Mulberry Avenues (identified by the petitioner as Etiwanda Creek Channel); (12) The boundary then follows Etiwanda Creek Channel in a southerly direction until it parallels Bain Street; (13) The boundary then diverges from Etiwanda Creek Channel and follows Bain Street south until it ends at Limonite Avenue in the northeast corner of the Corona North, Calif., U.S.G.S. map; (14) The boundary then continues south in a straight line until it reaches the northern shore of the Santa Ana River; (15) The boundary then follows the north shore of the Santa Ana River until it intersects the 560 foot contour line in Section 1 T3S/R7W; (16) The boundary then follows the 560′ contour line to the north of the Santa Ana River in a generally westerly direction until it reaches Euclid Avenue on the Prado Dam, Calif., U.S.G.S. map; (17) The boundary then follows Euclid Avenue north to the point of beginning.