Wyoming 12x18 Feet Nylon State Flag Made in USA

A 12x18 foot flag is a major installation. Two hundred and sixteen square feet is the size flown at large civic sites, memorial grounds and highway locations where the flag is meant to be seen from a long way off.

This is the Wyoming state flag at 12x18 Feet (216 square feet) in nylon, made in the United States and finished with a sewn rope and plated steel thimbles.

Built to the Wyoming flag specification

The Wyoming flag is set out in Wyoming Statutes Section 8-3-102, with the seal at Section 8-3-101, at a seven to ten proportion. It is a blue field bordered in white then red, with a white bison silhouette carrying the state seal in blue on its flank.

Designed by Verna Keays for a Wyoming Daughters of the American Revolution contest in 1916 and adopted January 31, 1917.

Wyoming specifies proportions rather than a size. Section 8-3-102 sets the width at seven tenths of the length and defines the border, the stripe, the bison and the seal as fractions of the whole. Seven to ten is not a standard commercial size, and vexillologists have noted for years that manufacturers do not build to it.

This flag reproduces the design faithfully, built to the standard outdoor sizes used across the industry and bought by the states themselves. The colors, the seal and the emblems are the part that has to be right on an outdoor flag, and they are right here.

The law that defines it, in its own words

Wyoming Statutes Section 8-3-102, subsection (a) reads:

A state flag is adopted to be used on all occasions when the state is officially and publicly represented. All citizens have the privilege of use of the flag upon any occasion they deem appropriate. The width of the flag shall be seven-tenths (7/10) of its length; the outside border shall be in red, the width of which shall be one-twentieth (1/20) of the length of the flag; next to the border shall be a stripe of white on the four (4) sides of the field, which shall be in width one-fortieth (1/40) of the length of the flag. The remainder of the flag shall be a blue field, in the center of which shall be a white silhouetted buffalo, the length of which shall be one-half (1/2) of the length of the blue field; the other measurements of the buffalo shall be in proportion to its length. On the ribs of the buffalo shall be the great seal of the state of Wyoming in blue. The seal shall be in diameter one-fifth (1/5) the length of the flag. Attached to the flag shall be a cord of gold with gold tassels. The same colors shall be used in the flag, red, white and blue, as are used in the flag of the United States of America.

You do not have to take our word for any of that. Read Wyoming Statutes Section 8-3-102 in full at Justia, and check what we sell against it.

That is the flag we build, not a rough version of it.

What is on it and what it means

The bison is the plains and the state’s wildlife. The seal branded on its flank represents livestock and the branding heritage. The seal figures carry Equal Rights, for Wyoming as the first territory to grant women the vote, alongside livestock, mining and grain.

Worth knowing about this flag

Keays drew the bison facing the fly. The version adopted reversed it to face the hoist, which is the one you fly today.

Where the Wyoming flag flies

Wyomingites obtain United States Capitol flags through the congressional delegation, residents only, with a flying and certificate fee plus shipping. the Governor routinely orders the Wyoming State flag specifically flown at half staff at the Capitol, sunrise to sunset, to honor individuals. The Capitol's gold leaf gilded copper dome, one of only about ten gold domed American capitols, was re-gilded five times, most recently during the 2016 to 2019 Capitol Square restoration, when a new copper dome and gilded finial were installed and the Capitol reopened on July 10, 2019.

Fly it on Wyoming’s birthday

Wyoming became the 44th state on July 10, 1890. 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 Wyoming flag has an official reason to go up.

Buy it in time and it goes up on the day it matters. Every state’s date is on our state birthdays page.

Nylon or polyester in Wyoming

Polyester statewide. Cheyenne at roughly 12.9 to 14.6 miles per hour is among the windiest American stations, and the state is known for relentless wind and high altitude ultraviolet.

Even polyester needs regular replacement here.

Two hundred and sixteen square feet makes this an installation flag. Where the sites above call for polyester, they call for it without exception, and the flagpole must be engineered for the load.

The nylon is what you are looking at here — the right choice for the sheltered and moderate wind sites named above, for a house bracket, and for anywhere the flag comes down ahead of storms. Two things settle it. It is light enough to fly on an ordinary yard’s breeze rather than sag, and it dries fast, fighting mildew in humid conditions. What it gives up is resistance to ultraviolet — nylon’s amide bonds break under sun, costing strength and color faster than polyester, and it loses roughly a tenth of its strength while wet. If the site is one of the exposed ones above, the polyester version fits better.

This is the detail people usually only figure out after buying twice: nylon will fly on a day too calm for polyester to move at all. If flying on a still morning, a holiday, at a funeral, or at a ceremony matters to you, that is reason enough to choose nylon even where polyester would survive longer. A motionless flag fails at its purpose regardless of how durable it is.

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 12x18 Feet is built

The construction here — six rows on the fly end, zig zag stitched corners — exists for one reason: managing a load that would destroy a house flag inside an afternoon.

Work the numbers and you get 216 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 is a scheduled operation, not an errand — two hundred and sixteen square feet needs raising and lowering with the site in mind, never on a windy day.

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. Rather than concentrate the load, the heading spreads it across the entire hoist through a full-length sewn nylon rope ending in two plated steel thimbles. One reinforced grommet also sits at the center of the heading as a secondary attachment point.

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

A large bison silhouette is straightforward, but the seal branded on its flank is fine detail inside a shape, which is harder than a seal on an open field.

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 Wyoming flag placed 23, at 6.28 out of 10.

Will it fit my flagpole?

It suits an in-ground flagpole of sixty to eighty feet with hardware rated accordingly.

Questions about the 12x18 Feet

What size flagpole for a 12x18 foot flag? Sixty to eighty feet with hardware engineered for two hundred and sixteen square feet of load.

Who buys a 12x18 foot state flag? Civic sites, memorial grounds, highway frontages and campuses, anywhere the flag is meant to be seen from a long way off.

Does a flag this size need special care? It needs a rotation, hardware checks, and taking down in severe weather. Flown properly it lasts. Flown carelessly it does not last a season.

This size is a commitment

This size is not something you put up and forget — it is a scheduled maintenance item, needing rotation, regular hardware checks, and removal ahead of severe weather. Flown properly, it lasts. Flown carelessly, it will not make it a season.

Specifications

• Size: 12x18 Feet
• Area: 216 square feet
• Material: 100 percent nylon
• Fly end: 6 rows of lock stitching
• Heading: heavy duty white, reinforced, 2 inch
• Finish: Rope, Thimbles and Center Grommet
• 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

Above roughly a hundred feet of flagpole, the quarter to a third guide keeps its accuracy but loses its simplicity: the flag now has to be specified alongside the truck, the halyard, the foundation and the wind load as a single system, and skipping that step is how a flagpole gets damaged rather than the flag. Several famous installations fly flags larger than the rule on purpose, with an engineer deciding it rather than a table.

We carry the full range whether or not every size appears on this website. If the size you need is not listed, we can still supply it.

About the back of the flag

A printed flag reads correctly from the front and reversed from the back. That is normal and it is true of almost every flag flown in the country. A flag that reads correctly from both sides is a double sided flag, built as two flags sewn together with a liner between them, and it costs roughly twice as much and weighs roughly twice as much. Unless the statute for a particular state requires it, single sided is the standard and the right choice.

Flying it with the United States flag

Section 7 of Title 4, the United States Flag Code, addresses this directly: the United States flag is never outranked in position, staying above every other flag and to the right at the same level, which reads as the viewer’s left. Same-height flagpoles put the United States flag on the viewer’s left with matching flag sizes; different heights put it on the taller pole; one flagpole with two flags puts it at the top. There is no legal penalty for civilians under the Flag Code, but it is what every institution follows anyway.

Buy two and they both last longer

Fly one for a month, then swap. Two flags rotated monthly will outlast three flags flown to destruction, because the fabric recovers when it rests and the fly end stops taking the same abuse in the same place. Take it down in severe weather; a flag left up through a real windstorm can take more damage in one night than in six normal months. And watch the fly end rather than the middle, because a few minutes with a needle when the fraying starts buys another season.

For cities, counties, schools and agencies

Cities, school districts, fire and police departments, courthouses and state agencies buy state flags from us as a matter of routine. The tax exempt page is where a tax exempt account is set up; the contact page is where quantity orders, replacement schedules, and sizes not shown here get handled.

Why buy it from us

We are a small American company and we stock what we sell. Every flag here is made in the United States, printed in UV resistant ink, and finished to the construction described above rather than to a price point. We would rather sell you one flag that lasts than three that do not. Free shipping on orders over twenty five dollars.