The Snyder Industries 9800 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank is built for serious bulk water storage, holding 9,800 gallons in a 120-inch-diameter, 215-inch-tall polyethylene body. With a 1.5 specific gravity rating, it carries a wide range of water and water-based contents up to 1.5 SG, and at this scale it functions as the kind of vertical storage tank rural and industrial sites rely on for fire-water reservoirs, process water, and reuse-banded storage trains. Note that capacity is volumetric: the tank still holds the full 9,800 gallons whether you store water or a denser liquid up to its 1.5 SG rating - density changes your foundation load, not your stored volume.
Will it work for your site?
The footprint is 120.0 x 120.0 inches (10 feet square), with an overall height of 215 inches - roughly 17.9 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter. Those dimensions are load-bearing for planning: a tank this tall exceeds standard road clearance, so confirm overhead clearance at the install site and crane or offload access before delivery. Weight is the number that decides your foundation: filled with water this tank carries 81,732 pounds of contents, and at its maximum 1.5 SG rating it holds up to 122,598 pounds of contents. That mass is why above-ground polyethylene tanks of this size need an engineered slab. Our Concrete Pad Sizing for Above-Ground Polyethylene Tanks guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary applies. To confirm 9,800 gallons is the right capacity for your draw and refill cycle, run the numbers in our Tank Sizing Calculator or read the Tank Sizing Guide.
Common uses and fitting layout
At nearly ten thousand gallons, this is a workhorse for private fire protection, large-scale water reuse, and high-volume process storage. If you're specifying it as a fire-water reservoir, our Fire-Water Reservoir Tank Design for Rural and Remote Sites guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze-protection engineering for cold-climate service. For greywater, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the Industrial Water Reuse Tank Topology guide explains quality-banded storage trains and treatment-stage sequencing. One honest gap to flag: fitting and outlet sizes and locations are not listed in our spec data for this SKU. Check the technical drawing on this page for fitting detail, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm outlet configuration before you finalize plumbing.
The mistake to avoid
The contents weight, not the gallon count, dictates your foundation. Sizing a slab for water weight when you intend to store something at the full 1.5 specific gravity rating undersizes the foundation: the difference here is 81,732 pounds of water versus 122,598 pounds at maximum rated content. Confirm the actual specific gravity of what you'll store, keep it at or below 1.5, then design the pad to the heavier load. If you plan to store anything denser than water, see the freeboard and density discussion in our Snyder Captor Double-Wall Freeboard Sizing per ASTM D1998 guide.
This tank ships LTL freight from a single Snyder origin in Lincoln, NE, quoted live to your ZIP - so freight scales with distance to your site, and buyers outside the Midwest should quote early. Get your freight quote with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to talk through site access, offloading, overhead clearance, and lead time for a tank this size.
