Missouri 10x15 Feet Nylon State Flag Made in USA

This is a large installation flag: a hundred and fifty square feet, visible from a real distance, which is the whole point of choosing it. The flagpole and hardware have to be built to match.

This is the Missouri state flag at 10x15 Feet (150 square feet) in nylon, made in the United States and finished with a sewn rope and plated steel thimbles.

Built to the Missouri flag specification

The Missouri flag is set out in Revised Statutes of Missouri Section 10.020. It is a horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with the state coat of arms centered inside a blue band of 24 white stars, at a seven to twelve ratio.

Designed by Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver and adopted March 22, 1913.

Missouri specifies a ratio rather than a size. Section 10.020 requires a vertical width to horizontal length of seven to twelve. No standard commercial size is exactly seven to twelve, and a 3x5 foot flag is the closest to it.

We build a faithful reproduction of that design at the standard outdoor sizes the industry uses, the same sizes states order for themselves. Correct colors, seal and emblems are what an outdoor flag has to get right, and that is what this one gets right.

The law that defines it, in its own words

Revised Statutes of Missouri Section 10.020 reads:

The official flag of the state of Missouri is rectangular in shape and its vertical width is to the horizontal length as seven is to twelve. It has one red, one white and one blue horizontal stripe of equal width; the red is at the top and the blue at the bottom. In the center of the flag there is a band of blue in the form of a circle enclosing the coat of arms in the colors as established by law on a white ground. The width of the blue band is one-fourteenth of the vertical width of the flag and the diameter of the circle is one-third of the horizontal length of the flag. In the blue band there are set at equal distances from each other twenty-four five-pointed stars. The original copy of the design shall be kept in the office of the secretary of state.

You do not have to take our word for any of that. Read Revised Statutes of Missouri Section 10.020 in full at the Missouri Revisor of Statutes, and check what we sell against it.

It is the real flag we produce, not a simplified version.

What is on it and what it means

The tricolor carries both Missouri’s French heritage and the United States colors. The 24 stars mark it as the 24th state. The arms include two grizzly bears, a crescent and a bald eagle.

Worth knowing about this flag

The flag was designed by Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver, one of a number of state flags that came out of Daughters of the American Revolution work in the same period.

Where the Missouri flag flies

Midwest Roofing headquarters on Highway 54 between Eldon and Lake Ozark, two hundred and forty two feet, described by local news as the second tallest flagpole in the nation after Acuity. It requires aircraft warning lighting.

Fly it on Missouri’s birthday

Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821. Under the United States Flag Code as amended July 7, 1976, a state flag flown on the state’s birthday takes its place beneath the United States flag, and that day is the one date every year the Missouri flag has an official reason to go up.

Order it ahead of the date and it is ready to fly that day. Every state’s birthday is listed on our state birthdays page.

Nylon or polyester in Missouri

Nylon in the metros at St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield. Polyester where tornado and severe storm wind is highest.

Take flags down for tornadoes and ice storms.

At this size, a hundred and fifty square feet, nylon is not realistic on an exposed site above. Verify the flagpole and truck rating before ordering either one.

What you have here is the nylon, appropriate for the sheltered and moderate wind sites listed above, for any house bracket, and for anywhere the flag is brought down during storms. Two things decide it: it is light, flying on an ordinary breeze rather than going limp, and it dries fast, which is the defense against mildew in humidity. The trade is ultraviolet durability — nylon’s amide bonds break under sun, fading and weakening faster than polyester, and it loses about a tenth of its strength wet. For an exposed site on the list above, the polyester version is worth a look instead.

There is one more factor, and most people only discover it after buying the wrong material once: a nylon flag moves on days a polyester flag stays limp. If it matters to you that the flag is actually flying on a still morning, a holiday, at a funeral, at a ceremony, that favors nylon even where polyester would outlast it. A flag hanging motionless has failed at its job too.

Institutions commonly cite the American Legion’s figure: the federal government expects about ninety days from a flag flown daily sunrise to sunset, and roughly a quarter of that flown around the clock. On the ground, retailers report three to six months for nylon flown daily, four to eight for polyester, and one to three years for occasional flying. Take these as working estimates, not warranties — exposure can move them a long way in either direction.

How the 10x15 Feet is built

Six rows of lock stitching on the fly end with zig zag stitched corners. At this area the wave running out to the tip is moving fast enough that the corner seams are the first thing the wind tries.

Work the numbers and you get 150 square feet of nylon at roughly two ounces a square yard. At thirty miles an hour, the fly end actually outpaces the wind, because the wave running to the tip accelerates along the way — the reason the tip fails first, and the reason fly-end stitching count is the number that matters.

This size needs a plan in place before delivery: two coordinated people, a calm day, and the halyard already sorted for a hundred and fifty square feet of flag.

With lock stitching, every stitch knots into its neighbor, so damage stays contained at the break instead of running down the seam. Read 6 rows not as 6 times the strength but as 5 backups. Two plated steel thimbles finish a nylon rope sewn the length of the heading. At a hundred and fifty square feet, a grommet has no chance of holding.

The material here is commercial grade nylon. Its lightness lets it fly on a gentle breeze, it sheds rather than absorbs water, and it dries quickly, sparing the seams the extra weight and strain of staying wet. Field tested UV resistant ink handles the part that actually determines fade life: sun exposure.

Why this flag is harder to make than most

Detailed central arms with two bear supporters, inside a 24 star band, over a tricolor. Several layers that all have to register.

For what it is worth, the North American Vexillological Association surveyed 72 state, provincial and territorial flags in 2001 and rated them from zero to ten. The Missouri flag placed 48, at 4.50 out of 10.

Will it fit my flagpole?

A fifty to sixty foot in-ground flagpole, with truck and halyard rated to carry it, suits this size.

Questions about the 10x15 Feet

What size flagpole for a 10x15 foot flag? Fifty to sixty feet, and the truck and halyard must be rated for a hundred and fifty square feet in a gust.

Is a 10x15 foot flag too big for my flagpole? If the flagpole was not specified for it, yes. An oversized flag damages the flagpole before it damages itself.

How is a 10x15 foot flag shipped? Rolled where possible, folded where it must be. Creases from folding relax within days of flying.

Check the flagpole before the flag

A hundred and fifty square feet can load a flagpole past what it was engineered for. Confirm the flagpole and truck rating before ordering this size — an oversized flag on an undersized pole damages the pole first, the flag second.

Specifications

• Size: 10x15 Feet
• Area: 150 square feet
• Material: 100 percent nylon
• Fly end: 6 rows of lock stitching
• Heading: heavy duty white, reinforced, 2 inch
• Finish: Rope and Thimbles
• Ink: UV resistant, field tested
• Made in the United States by FORTISVEX

Which size do I need?

Both tables come down to one ratio: the flag’s length wants to be a quarter to a third of the flagpole’s height. When a size sits on the border between two rows, the smaller flag will fly on more days and outlast the bigger one, while the bigger flag is the one people notice from further off.

If you know your flagpole height, start here.

• 6 Feet house bracket: 2x3 Feet or 3x5 Feet
• 15 to 20 Feet flagpole: 3x5 Feet or 4x6 Feet
• 20 to 25 Feet flagpole: 4x6 Feet or 5x8 Feet
• 25 to 35 Feet flagpole: 5x8 Feet or 6x10 Feet
• 35 to 45 Feet flagpole: 6x10 Feet or 8x12 Feet
• 45 to 60 Feet flagpole: 8x12 Feet or 10x15 Feet
• 60 to 80 Feet flagpole: 10x15 Feet or 12x18 Feet
• 80 to 100 Feet flagpole: 12x18 Feet or 15x25 Feet
• 100 to 120 Feet flagpole: 15x25 Feet or 20x30 Feet
• 120 to 150 Feet flagpole: 20x30 Feet or 20x38 Feet
• 150 to 200 Feet flagpole: 20x38 Feet or 30x50 Feet
• 200 to 240 Feet flagpole: 30x50 Feet or 30x60 Feet
• 240 Feet and above: 30x60 Feet or 50x80 Feet, engineered to the flagpole

If you know your flag size, start here.

• 2x3 Feet: 4 to 8 Feet bracket or garden flagpole
• 3x5 Feet: 6 Feet bracket, or 15 to 20 Feet in-ground flagpole
• 4x6 Feet: 18 to 25 Feet in-ground flagpole
• 5x8 Feet: 25 to 35 Feet flagpole
• 6x10 Feet: 30 to 40 Feet flagpole
• 8x12 Feet: 40 to 50 Feet flagpole
• 10x15 Feet: 50 to 60 Feet flagpole
• 12x18 Feet: 60 to 80 Feet flagpole
• 15x25 Feet: 80 to 100 Feet flagpole
• 20x30 Feet: 100 to 120 Feet flagpole
• 20x38 Feet: 120 to 150 Feet flagpole. This is the garrison size under Executive Order 10834, at a one to one point nine ratio rather than the two to three of the commercial sizes, and it is the size flown at the White House and the Capitol
• 30x50 Feet: 150 to 200 Feet flagpole
• 30x60 Feet: 200 to 240 Feet flagpole. This is the largest standard commercial size
• 50x80 Feet: 240 Feet and above, engineered to the flagpole

That same ratio keeps working past a hundred feet, but at that point the flag and the flagpole are no longer separate purchases — the truck, the halyard, the foundation and the wind load all have to be sized together, and a flag chosen without checking the flagpole first damages the pole rather than itself. A handful of well known installations deliberately run past the rule of thumb, and every one of them did it with an engineer, not a chart.

We supply the whole range shown above, whether or not a given size currently has its own listing on the site. Ask if you do not see it.

About the back of the flag

A single sided printed flag shows its design correctly on one face and reversed on the other. That is expected, and it describes almost every flag flying in the United States. A flag readable on both sides is built as two layers sewn around a liner, roughly double the cost and double the weight of a single sided flag. Unless a state’s law requires double sided, single sided remains the standard choice.

Flying it with the United States flag

This is governed by the United States Flag Code, Title 4, Section 7: the United States flag always outranks every other flag in position, never displayed below it or to its right at the same level — right from the viewer’s side, that is. Two flagpoles of equal height place the United States flag at the viewer’s left with both flags the same size; if the poles differ in height, it goes on the taller pole; on one pole flying two flags, it sits at the top. The Flag Code carries no penalty for private citizens, but institutions treat it as the standard.

Buy two and they both last longer

The simplest way to make a flag last is to own two and rotate them monthly — that alone outlasts three flags flown to failure, because rest lets the fabric recover and the fly end is not hammered day after day. Take it down ahead of real storms, since one bad night of wind can undo six good months. Watch the fly end, where fraying starts, and a quick repair there is worth a whole extra season.

For cities, counties, schools and agencies

Fire and police departments, school districts, courthouses, municipalities and state agencies are all regular buyers of our state flags. Tax exempt purchasing is set up through the tax exempt page, and quantities, replacement schedules or an unlisted size are handled through the contact page.

Why buy it from us

We run a small American company and stock the flags we sell. Each one is made in the United States, printed in UV resistant ink, and built to the construction described above instead of built to hit a lower price. One durable flag beats three that fail, in our view. Free shipping applies to orders over twenty five dollars.