diff --git a/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pxd b/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pxd
index a809d4a351f..ff4f7701ca2 100644
--- a/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pxd
+++ b/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pxd
@@ -14,7 +14,21 @@ cimport numpy as np
 
 cdef inline void ba_set_value(np.uint8_t *buf, np.uint64_t ind,
                               np.uint8_t val) noexcept nogil:
-    # This assumes 8 bit buffer
+    # This assumes 8 bit buffer.  If value is greater than zero (thus allowing
+    # us to use 1-255 as 'True') then we identify first the index in the buffer
+    # we are setting.  We do this by truncating the index by bit-shifting to
+    # the left three times, essentially dividing it by eight (and taking the
+    # floor.)
+    # The next step is to turn *on* what we're attempting to turn on, which
+    # means taking our index and truncating it to the first 3 bits (which we do
+    # with an & operation) and then turning on the correct bit.
+    #
+    # So if we're asking for index 33 in the bitarray, we would want the 4th
+    # uint8 element, then the 2nd bit (index 1).
+    #
+    # To turn it on, we logical *or* with that.  To turn it off, we logical
+    # *and* with the *inverse*, which will allow everything *but* that bit to
+    # stay on.
     if val > 0:
         buf[ind >> 3] |= (1 << (ind & 7))
     else:
@@ -25,13 +39,63 @@ cdef inline np.uint8_t ba_get_value(np.uint8_t *buf, np.uint64_t ind) noexcept n
     if rv == 0: return 0
     return 1
 
+cdef inline void ba_set_range(np.uint8_t *buf, np.uint64_t start_ind,
+                              np.uint64_t stop_ind, np.uint8_t val) nogil:
+    # Should this be inclusive of both end points?  I think it should not, to
+    # match slicing semantics.
+    #
+    # We need to figure out the first and last values, and then we just set the
+    # ones in-between to 255.
+    if stop_ind < start_ind: return
+    cdef np.uint64_t i
+    cdef np.uint8_t j, bitmask
+    cdef np.uint64_t buf_start = start_ind >> 3
+    cdef np.uint64_t buf_stop = stop_ind >> 3
+    cdef np.uint8_t start_j = start_ind & 7
+    cdef np.uint8_t stop_j = stop_ind & 7
+    if buf_start == buf_stop:
+        for j in range(start_j, stop_j):
+            ba_set_value(&buf[buf_start], j, val)
+        return
+    bitmask = 0
+    for j in range(start_j, 8):
+        bitmask |= (1 << j)
+    if val > 0:
+        buf[buf_start] |= bitmask
+    else:
+        buf[buf_start] &= ~bitmask
+    if val > 0:
+        bitmask = 255
+    else:
+        bitmask = 0
+    for i in range(buf_start + 1, buf_stop):
+        buf[i] = bitmask
+    bitmask = 0
+    for j in range(0, stop_j):
+        bitmask |= (1 << j)
+    if val > 0:
+        buf[buf_stop] |= bitmask
+    else:
+        buf[buf_stop] &= ~bitmask
+
+
+cdef inline np.uint8_t _num_set_bits( np.uint8_t b ):
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30688465/how-to-check-the-number-of-set-bits-in-an-8-bit-unsigned-char
+    b = b - ((b >> 1) & 0x55)
+    b = (b & 0x33) + ((b >> 2) & 0x33)
+    return (((b + (b >> 4)) & 0x0F) * 0x01)
+
 cdef class bitarray:
     cdef np.uint8_t *buf
     cdef np.uint64_t size
     cdef np.uint64_t buf_size # Not exactly the same
+    cdef np.uint8_t final_bitmask
     cdef public object ibuf
 
     cdef void _set_value(self, np.uint64_t ind, np.uint8_t val)
     cdef np.uint8_t _query_value(self, np.uint64_t ind)
-    #cdef void set_range(self, np.uint64_t ind, np.uint64_t count, int val)
-    #cdef int query_range(self, np.uint64_t ind, np.uint64_t count, int *val)
+    cdef void _set_range(self, np.uint64_t start, np.uint64_t stop, np.uint8_t val)
+    cdef np.uint64_t _count(self)
+    cdef bitarray _logical_and(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = *)
+    cdef bitarray _logical_or(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = *)
+    cdef bitarray _logical_xor(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = *)
diff --git a/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pyx b/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pyx
index 1a7f85ac85d..07092455260 100644
--- a/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pyx
+++ b/yt/utilities/lib/bitarray.pyx
@@ -54,9 +54,14 @@ cdef class bitarray:
             if size != arr.size:
                 raise RuntimeError
         self.buf_size = (size >> 3)
+        cdef np.uint8_t bitmask = 255
         if (size & 7) != 0:
             # We need an extra one if we've got any lingering bits
             self.buf_size += 1
+            bitmask = 0
+            for i in range(size & 7):
+                bitmask |= (1<<i)
+        self.final_bitmask = bitmask
         cdef np.ndarray[np.uint8_t] ibuf_t
         ibuf_t = self.ibuf = np.zeros(self.buf_size, "uint8")
         self.buf = <np.uint8_t *> ibuf_t.data
@@ -163,3 +168,128 @@ cdef class bitarray:
 
         """
         return ba_get_value(self.buf, ind)
+
+    @cython.boundscheck(False)
+    @cython.wraparound(False)
+    @cython.cdivision(True)
+    cdef void _set_range(self, np.uint64_t start, np.uint64_t stop, np.uint8_t val):
+        ba_set_range(self.buf, start, stop, val)
+
+    @cython.boundscheck(False)
+    @cython.wraparound(False)
+    @cython.cdivision(True)
+    def set_range(self, np.uint64_t start, np.uint64_t stop, np.uint8_t val):
+        r"""Set a range of values to on/off.  Uses slice-style indexing.
+
+        No return value.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        start : int
+            The starting component of a slice.
+        stop : int
+            The ending component of a slice.
+        val : bool or uint8_t
+            What to set the range to
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+
+        >>> arr_in = np.array([True, True, False, True, True, False])
+        >>> a = ba.bitarray(arr = arr_in)
+        >>> a.set_range(0, 3, 0)
+
+        """
+        ba_set_range(self.buf, start, stop, val)
+
+    @cython.boundscheck(False)
+    @cython.wraparound(False)
+    @cython.cdivision(True)
+    cdef np.uint64_t _count(self):
+        cdef np.uint64_t count = 0
+        cdef np.uint64_t i
+        self.buf[self.buf_size - 1] &= self.final_bitmask
+        for i in range(self.buf_size):
+            count += _num_set_bits(self.buf[i])
+        return count
+
+
+    @cython.boundscheck(False)
+    @cython.wraparound(False)
+    @cython.cdivision(True)
+    def count(self):
+        r"""Count the number of values set in the array.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+
+        >>> arr_in = np.array([True, True, False, True, True, False])
+        >>> a = ba.bitarray(arr = arr_in)
+        >>> a.count()
+
+        """
+        return self._count()
+
+    cdef bitarray _logical_and(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        # Create a place to put it.  Note that we might have trailing values,
+        # we actually need to reset the ending set.
+        if other.size != self.size:
+            raise IndexError
+        if result is None:
+            result = bitarray(self.size)
+        for i in range(self.buf_size):
+            result.buf[i] = other.buf[i] & self.buf[i]
+        result.buf[self.buf_size - 1] &= self.final_bitmask
+        return result
+
+    def logical_and(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        return self._logical_and(other, result)
+
+    def __and__(self, bitarray other):
+        # Wrap it directly here.
+        return self.logical_and(other)
+
+    def __iand__(self, bitarray other):
+        rv = self.logical_and(other, self)
+        return rv
+
+    cdef bitarray _logical_or(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        if other.size != self.size:
+            raise IndexError
+        if result is None:
+            result = bitarray(self.size)
+        for i in range(self.buf_size):
+            result.buf[i] = other.buf[i] | self.buf[i]
+        result.buf[self.buf_size - 1] &= self.final_bitmask
+        return result
+
+    def logical_or(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        return self._logical_or(other, result)
+
+    def __or__(self, bitarray other):
+        return self.logical_or(other)
+
+    def __ior__(self, bitarray other):
+        return self.logical_or(other, self)
+
+    cdef bitarray _logical_xor(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        if other.size != self.size:
+            raise IndexError
+        if result is None:
+            result = bitarray(self.size)
+        for i in range(self.buf_size):
+            result.buf[i] = other.buf[i] ^ self.buf[i]
+        result.buf[self.buf_size - 1] &= self.final_bitmask
+        return result
+
+    def logical_xor(self, bitarray other, bitarray result = None):
+        return self._logical_xor(other, result)
+
+    def __xor__(self, bitarray other):
+        return self.logical_xor(other)
+
+    def __ixor__(self, bitarray other):
+        return self.logical_xor(other, self)
diff --git a/yt/utilities/lib/tests/test_bitarray.py b/yt/utilities/lib/tests/test_bitarray.py
index 9880652ca37..15978b45ee1 100644
--- a/yt/utilities/lib/tests/test_bitarray.py
+++ b/yt/utilities/lib/tests/test_bitarray.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 def test_inout_bitarray():
     # Check that we can do it for bitarrays that are funny-shaped
+    rng = np.random.default_rng()
     for i in range(7):
         # Check we can feed in an array
-        arr_in = np.random.random(32**3 + i) > 0.5
+        arr_in = rng.random(32**3 + i) > 0.5
         b = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in)
         if i > 0:
             assert_equal(b.ibuf.size, (32**3) / 8.0 + 1)
@@ -22,18 +23,73 @@ def test_inout_bitarray():
         assert_equal(arr_in, arr_out)
 
     # Try a big array
-    arr_in = np.random.random(32**3 + i) > 0.5
+    arr_in = rng.random(32**3 + i) > 0.5
     b = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in)
     arr_out = b.as_bool_array()
     assert_equal(arr_in, arr_out)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), arr_in.sum())
 
     # Let's check we can do something interesting.
-    arr_in1 = np.random.random(32**3) > 0.5
-    arr_in2 = np.random.random(32**3) > 0.5
+    arr_in1 = rng.random(32**3) > 0.5
+    arr_in2 = rng.random(32**3) > 0.5
     b1 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in1)
     b2 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in2)
     b3 = ba.bitarray(arr=(arr_in1 & arr_in2))
     assert_equal((b1.ibuf & b2.ibuf), b3.ibuf)
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), arr_in1.sum())
+    assert_equal(b2.count(), arr_in2.sum())
+    # Let's check the logical and operation
+    b4 = b1.logical_and(b2)
+    assert_equal(b4.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b4.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b5 = b1 & b2
+    assert_equal(b5.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b5.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b1 &= b2
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), b4.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b1.as_bool_array(), b4.as_bool_array())
+
+    # Repeat this, but with the logical or operators
+    b1 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in1)
+    b2 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in2)
+    b3 = ba.bitarray(arr=(arr_in1 | arr_in2))
+    assert_equal((b1.ibuf | b2.ibuf), b3.ibuf)
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), arr_in1.sum())
+    assert_equal(b2.count(), arr_in2.sum())
+    # Let's check the logical and operation
+    b4 = b1.logical_or(b2)
+    assert_equal(b4.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b4.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b5 = b1 | b2
+    assert_equal(b5.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b5.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b1 |= b2
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), b4.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b1.as_bool_array(), b4.as_bool_array())
+
+    # Repeat this, but with the logical xor operators
+    b1 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in1)
+    b2 = ba.bitarray(arr=arr_in2)
+    b3 = ba.bitarray(arr=(arr_in1 ^ arr_in2))
+    assert_equal((b1.ibuf ^ b2.ibuf), b3.ibuf)
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), arr_in1.sum())
+    assert_equal(b2.count(), arr_in2.sum())
+    # Let's check the logical and operation
+    b4 = b1.logical_xor(b2)
+    assert_equal(b4.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b4.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b5 = b1 ^ b2
+    assert_equal(b5.count(), b3.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b5.as_bool_array(), b3.as_bool_array())
+
+    b1 ^= b2
+    assert_equal(b1.count(), b4.count())
+    assert_array_equal(b1.as_bool_array(), b4.as_bool_array())
 
     b = ba.bitarray(10)
     for i in range(10):
@@ -51,3 +107,60 @@ def test_inout_bitarray():
     b.set_value(2, 1)
     arr = b.as_bool_array()
     assert_array_equal(arr, [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0])
+
+
+def test_set_range():
+    b = ba.bitarray(127)
+    # Test once where we're in the middle of start and end bits
+    b.set_range(4, 65, 1)
+    comparison_array = np.zeros(127, dtype="uint8")
+    comparison_array[4:65] = 1
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), comparison_array.sum())
+
+    # Test when we start and stop in the same byte
+    b = ba.bitarray(127)
+    b.set_range(4, 6, 1)
+    comparison_array = np.zeros(127, dtype="uint8")
+    comparison_array[4:6] = 1
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), comparison_array.sum())
+
+    # Test now where we're in the middle of start
+    b = ba.bitarray(64)
+    b.set_range(33, 36, 1)
+    comparison_array = np.zeros(64, dtype="uint8")
+    comparison_array[33:36] = 1
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), comparison_array.sum())
+
+    # Now we test when we end on a byte edge, but we have 65 entries
+    b = ba.bitarray(65)
+    b.set_range(32, 64, 1)
+    comparison_array = np.zeros(65, dtype="uint8")
+    comparison_array[32:64] = 1
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), comparison_array.sum())
+
+    # Let's do the inverse
+    b = ba.bitarray(127)
+    b.set_range(0, 127, 1)
+    assert_equal(b.as_bool_array().all(), True)
+    b.set_range(0, 127, 0)
+    assert_equal(b.as_bool_array().any(), False)
+    b.set_range(3, 9, 1)
+    comparison_array = np.zeros(127, dtype="uint8")
+    comparison_array[3:9] = 1
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)
+    assert_equal(b.count(), comparison_array.sum())
+
+    # Now let's overlay some zeros
+    b.set_range(7, 10, 0)
+    comparison_array[7:10] = 0
+    arr = b.as_bool_array().astype("uint8")
+    assert_array_equal(arr, comparison_array)