The Edgewood Soil & Water Conservation District covers 487,535 acres in portions of southern Santa Fe, eastern Bernalillo, and northern Torrance counties. This consists of approximately 18,000 acres of irrigated cropland, 200 acres of dry cropland, 70,000 acres of urban land, and close to 400,000 acres of rangeland.
A referendum for the formation of the District was carried by popular vote of landowners, as provided in the New Mexico Soil & Water Conservation District Law. The Certificate of Organization was issued on September 27, 1941 and has been helping landowners ever since.