The Yadkin Soil and Water Conservation District, originally chartered in 1938 as the Tri-Creek Soil Conservation District, was the fourth conservation district in the state of North Carolina. 

 In 1939, a referendum passed that added all of Yadkin County to the District, as well as Wilkes and Surry Counties. Forsyth County was added in 1941.  

The District was split into single-county districts in 1961.  The  Tri-Creek Soil Conservation District became the Yadkin Soil and Water Conservation District.