Bitter Springs, AZ
How exposed is Bitter Springs to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bitter Springs lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 152 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bitter Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Where Bitter Springs's buildings actually sit
152 buildings are counted in Bitter Springs, and 99.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Bitter Springs ranks
Inside Arizona, Bitter Springs sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 52nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bitter Springs ranks 15,274 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,785 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 355 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Bitter Springs and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Bitter Springs rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Bitter Springs's 99.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Bitter Springs's figures come from
Bitter Springs's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bitter Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.