Has anyone ever fueled at a station with above ground tanks?

[IndyIan]

The first two gas stations at the closest Indian reservation have some above ground tanks. Also I see them a lot in central and northern Ontario in small towns or places where they don't sell too much gas, but the next station is 30+ miles away.
They are all painted white but they must have a system to account for the higher and varying vapour pressures as they heat and cool during the day, compared to in ground tanks?

 

[Hermann]

Back in my youth they were common. I remember the Imperial Station across the river from Jefferson City had above ground storage. The Clark station also had a location that had them.

 

[nomas]

They would need to be equipped with a large pump to refill the tanks from a tanker truck. With underground tanks the tanker simply "drops" gas into the station's storage tanks by gravity. There is no pump on the tanker truck.

Some tanker trucks have pumps . Been there , done that .

 

[Cruisin'n5thgear]

Our favorite gas station in small town MS had above ground tanks. Also had every nut and bolt you could ever need in that small station. Really miss it!

 

[Ursatdx]

Cayman Brac.
1999 or so. Texaco branded.
Very small. 1 dispenser 2 products. Guessing gas/diesel.
Only station on the island.
Runway was made of crushed shells.
Great diving.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

There was one right around the corner from my old house.

The area is flood prone and near a lake. An underground tank is a bad idea

 

[4WD]

Yeah, a little remote Farm to Market Road (unmanned) 4 pump setup …

 

[Sumboodie]

I have a 1000 gallon tank I fill from. A truck fills it when it gets low

 

[dadto2]

I pass a couple of stations like this on the regular, in Hannibal NY and in Lansdown Ontario. IIRC the only above ground tanks I've ever filled up at are on the Tonawanda Reservation in Basom NY.

 

[tcp71]

They are very common in Alberta/BC/Yukon. Environmental issues with leaking underground tanks pretty much ensures all new installations have been above ground for the last 10 years or so. This is 3 minutes from home.

 

[gunnellett]

Marinas have above ground tanks for fueling boats on the water.

 

[gunnellett]

I could be off base here, but I'm thinking coastal low land areas subject to flooding and very low water tables could have above ground tanks.

In fact just now thinking about it, the Quileute gas station in La Push Washington has an above ground tank that may be sitting only 2 to 3 hundred feet from the Ocean. I've filled up there many times.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Here is one. The diesel pump is close by but the gasoline pumps are further away. This setup had three regular 87 pumps and one premium 91 pump. Nothing fancy. Boulders like the ones shown are a dime a dozen.

 

[Snagglefoot]

The first two gas stations at the closest Indian reservation have some above ground tanks. Also I see them a lot in central and northern Ontario in small towns or places where they don't sell too much gas, but the next station is 30+ miles away.
They are all painted white but they must have a system to account for the higher and varying vapour pressures as they heat and cool during the day, compared to in ground tanks?

Yes, all gasoline sold in Canada is temperature compensated, so you’ll get the same price for gas at standard conditions as you would for gas at -20 C. For our southern neighbours, gasoline sold on an Indian reservation is not subject to federal excise tax so typically has the best price around. The city of Calgary has grown to be adjacent to the local Indian reserve so they do an excellent business.

 

[Nukeman7]

Around here, you see smaller (~1000 gallons) above ground tanks at a few of the fuel stations that sell E-0 non-ethanol gas. They sell significantly less E-0 than E-10, so it doesn't make financial sense to install large underground tanks for the non-ethanol gas.

 

[Kira]

The Clark station also had a location that had them.

WOAH! There was ONE Clark gas station in Carlstadt, NJ a few years back.

Hmm...I wonder if it was an "actual Clark" station or that the business's lease had an unchangeable DBA "Clark" in effect.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Here’s another one, this time a Petro Canada branded tank owned by Suncor. It’s located a mile away from Columbia Lake in SE BC, the headwater of the mighty Columbia River.