Durations range from seconds to minutes. The last few Springs have seen some strong eruptions from Dilemma with heights of up to 10 feet being seen. The rest of the year 1-4 feet is more normal. Labial is a cone-type geyser. The shape and size of its eruptions are very similar to Aurum Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin.
Durations are less than two minutes.
Heights are about 25 feet. Eruptions have occasionally been followed by a second, shorter duration eruption about 30 minutes later. As with most of the other geysers in the group, Labial was affected by the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake. Intervals prior to the earthquake exceeded 12 hours. The satellites are irregular performers with closed intervals hard to come by, often being in excess of 16 hours.