(data source National Climatic Data Center)
2004 1 m DOQQ - Quad Name: Woodrow
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The Texas High Plains Viticultural Region roughly covers a 12,000 square mile (7,679,969 acres) area. It is comprised of all or part of 24 counties in the lower central and western Texas Panhandle region. The counties included are: Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Parmer, Randall, Swisher, Terry and Yoakum. The Texas High Plains Avacultural area was established March 2, 1993.
From Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute • College of Human Sciences • Texas Tech University - Profile 2004
A " terroir " is a group of vineyards (or even vines) from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoir-faire, which contribute to give its specific personality to the wine.
The Texas High Plains Viticultural Region is located in the Texas Panhandle. The Texas Panhandle covers 24 counties and ranges in elevation of 4700 ft. in the northwest to 2000 ft. in the southeast. The wineries are located in and around Lubbock at an elevation of about 3000 ft. The Texas Panhandle has a growing season that ranges from 178 -217 days with precipitation ranges from 17-21 inches/year for the whole region. The High Plains area has loamey, clayey, and calcerous type of soil. Since the wineries are located in a semi-arid region, agriculture makes use of the Ogallala Aquifer for some of its irrigation. (from The Handbook of Texas Online). The climograph data was downloaded for the Lubbock Region Climate Division: TX 1 NWS Call Sign: LBB, Lat: 33 ° 40' N Lon: 101 ° 49' W, at Elevation: 3,254 Feet from the National Climatic Data Center .
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Sec 9.144 Texas High Plains
- Beginning in Hobbs, New Mexico; Texas, map at the intersection of the Texas-New Mexico border and U.S. 180 east
- The boundary follows U.S. Route 180 east through Seminole, Texas and onto the Big Spring, Texas, U.S.G.S. map where it intersects with the 3,000 foot contour line in the town of Lamesa, Texas;
- The boundary then follows the 3,000 foot contour line in a generally northeasterly direction across the U.S.G.S. maps of Big Spring and Lubbock, Texas;
- The boundary continues along the 3,000 foot contour line onto the map of Plainview, Texas, where it follows a generally northwesterly direction until it intersects with State Highway 217 approximately 12 miles east of Canyon, Texas;
- The boundary then follows State Highway 217 west to Canyon, Texas, leaves State Highway 217 and proceeds in a straight line in a northwesterly direction until it intersects with U.S. Route 60, still within Canyon, Texas;
- The boundary then follows U.S. Route 60 in a southwesterly direction onto the U.S.G.S. map of Clovis, New Mexico; Texas, where it intersects the Texas-New Mexico border;
- The boundary then follows the Texas-New Mexico border south, across the U.S.G.S. map of Brownfield, Texas; New Mexico, to the beginning point on the Hobbs, New Mexico; Texas, U.S.G.S. map.
[T.D. ATF-336, 58 FR 11967, Mar. 2, 1993]