Designing hydraulic structures (spillways, bridges, and culverts) requires estimating peak discharges associated with specific return periods (T). Gumbel’s Extreme Value Type-I Distribution models annual maximum flood series $(X_T)$ using sample mean $(\bar{X})$ and standard deviation $(S_x):$ $X_T = \bar{X} + K_T \cdot S_x$ Where $K_T$ is the Gumbel frequency factor: $K_T = -\frac{\sqrt{6}}{\pi} \cdot \left[ 0.5772 + \ln\left(\ln\left(\frac{T}{T-1}\right)\right) \right]$ The hydrologic risk $(R)$ of exceeding the design flood $X_T$ at least once during a structure's design life of $n$ years is given by: $R = 1 - \left(1 - \frac{1}{T}\right)^n$ Climate change has intensified extreme monsoonal precipitation events, rendering historical stationary flood frequency assumptions insufficient for long-term safety. Under Central Water Commission (CWC) guidelines, engineers update classical Gumbel and Log-Pearson Type III analyses with non-stationary flood frequency frameworks. Incorpo...