The Snyder Industries 6200 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank is bulk water storage built for sites that need serious volume in a single vessel: 6,200 gallons standing 140 inches tall on a 120-inch by 120-inch footprint. The black polyethylene shell blocks light to discourage algae growth, which makes it a practical choice for stored fresh water, fire-water reserve, rainwater, and industrial water reuse service. If you have searched for a vertical storage tank or black tank in this size class from Snyder, this is the unit.
Specifications at a glance
- Capacity: 6,200 gallons
- Height: 140 in
- Footprint: 120 in x 120 in
- Material: black polyethylene
- Specific-gravity rating: 1.5
- Full water weight: 51,708 lb
- Maximum rated contents weight: 77,562 lb
- Ships from: Marked Tree, Arkansas
Will it work for your site?
Plan around the loaded weight, not the empty shell. Filled with water this tank carries roughly 51,708 lb, and at its full 1.5 specific-gravity rating it is engineered to hold contents weighing up to 77,562 lb. That number drives your pad design more than anything else, so size the foundation to the 120 x 120 inch footprint and the loaded load before you order. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm the capacity and dimensions fit the space and the demand, and the concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for an above-ground polyethylene tank of this size.
What the 1.5 specific-gravity rating buys you
The 1.5 specific-gravity rating means the wall is engineered to hold contents heavier than water. For plain fresh water (specific gravity 1.0) the 51,708 lb full-water load sits well inside the shell's 77,562 lb rated contents ceiling, so you already carry denser-fluid headroom without stepping up to a heavier-wall SKU. That margin earns its keep on fire-water reserve and water-reuse duty, where the tank may stand full for long stretches and the wall has to carry the standing load without complaint. If you are designing a private fire-protection reservoir, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the industrial water reuse topology guide shows where a vertical tank of this capacity fits in a banded storage train, and the Snyder freeboard sizing guide covers the ASTM D1998 freeboard and thermal-expansion math behind the usable volume on a high-SG vessel.
The mistake to avoid: confirm your fittings and inlet plan first
The most common ordering miss on a tank this large is treating fittings as an afterthought. This listing does not pre-specify a fitting package, so confirm your inlet, outlet, overflow, and vent plan against the technical drawing on this page and lock the configuration before you order. At 140 inches tall, your fill, drain, and access points all need to be reachable and serviceable once the tank is set and full. Walk the drawing against your site layout while the tank is still on paper, so the bulkhead and vent locations match your plumbing and your fill source.
This tank ships LTL freight from Snyder's plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, quoted live to your ZIP code. Get a real number for your address with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you and confirm the right configuration for your project.
