Editing Springfield (The Simpsons) (section)

===Topography===
Springfield's fictional geography is shown to be comically varied and includes [[forest]]s, [[meadow]]s, [[mountain range]]s, a [[desert]], a [[glacier]], [[beach]]es, [[badlands]], [[canyon]]s, [[swamp]]s, a [[harbor]], [[Depression (geology)|waterholes]], and [[waterway]]s. Major named geographical features include the Springfield Gorge, Springfield National Forest, the volcanic Mt. Springfield, the West Springfield Desert, which is claimed to be "three times the size of [[Texas]]",<ref>{{cite episode |title=Half-Decent Proposal |episode-link=Half-Decent Proposal |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |network=Fox Broadcasting Company |airdate=February 10, 2002 |season=13 |number=279 }}</ref> the Springfield Badlands,<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming |episode-link=Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Feresten, Spike; Polcino, Dominic |network=Fox Broadcasting Company |airdate=November 26, 1995 |season=7 |number=9}}</ref> the gigantic Murderhorn Mountain, Springfield Glacier, Mt. Useful National Park, Springfield Mesa, Springfield Monument Park, and Springfield National Park.

The town's climate is usually depicted as dry and sunny, with a bright blue sky. However, in various episodes, it has been subject to many natural disasters, including heatwaves, blizzards, avalanches, earthquakes, [[acid rain]], floods, hurricanes, lightning strikes, tornadoes, and volcanic eruptions.

Springfield's environment is shown as unusually polluted. Overflowing garbage forces the whole town – population and structures — to move {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} away from the massive dump that the old town of Springfield had become.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Trash of the Titans |episode-link=Trash of the Titans |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Maxtone-Graham, Ian; Reardon, Jim |network=Fox Broadcasting Company |airdate=May 26, 1998 |season=9 |number=22}}</ref> Springfield is also home to the state's largest self-sustaining [[tire fire]], which has been burning continuously for many decades.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Homer's Paternity Coot |episode-link=Homer's Paternity Coot |series=The Simpsons |series-link=The Simpsons |credits=Anderson, Mike. B; Cohen, Joel H. |network=Fox Broadcasting Company |airdate=January 8, 2006 |season=17 |number=10}}</ref> Lake Springfield's [[pollution]] almost leads to the town's destruction by an [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]] bomb in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'',<ref name=":2">''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref> and pollution from the [[#Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]] has mutated the fish in the river, causing some to grow an extra eye.<ref name="blinky">"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"</ref> Its atmosphere is so polluted that, in one 1995 episode, it reduces a [[comet]] to a rock the size of a [[Chihuahua (dog breed)|chihuahua]]'s head.<ref>''[[Bart's Comet]]''</ref>

Springfield is shown to feature a large numbered [[grid plan]], ranging from streets at least as low as 3rd Street and at least as high as 257th Street.<ref>''[[Bart Sells His Soul]]''</ref>